diff --git a/test/lib/processors/stringReplacer.js b/test/lib/processors/stringReplacer.js
index 686b4f17e..155ff5888 100644
--- a/test/lib/processors/stringReplacer.js
+++ b/test/lib/processors/stringReplacer.js
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ test.serial("Replaces string pattern from resource stream", async (t) => {
 
 	const resource = {
 		getStream: () => {
-			return Readable.from([input]);
+			const stream = new Readable();
+			stream.push(Buffer.from(input));
+			stream.push(null);
+			return stream;
 		},
 		setStream: (outputStream) => {
 			output = getStringFromStream(outputStream);
@@ -45,7 +48,10 @@ test.serial("Replaces string pattern from resource stream", async (t) => {
 	t.deepEqual(await output, expected, "Correct file content should be set");
 });
 
-test.serial("Correctly processes utf8 characters within separate chunks", async (t) => {
+// Skip test in Node v8 as unicode handling of streams seems to be broken
+test[
+	process.version.startsWith("v8.") ? "skip" : "serial"
+]("Correctly processes utf8 characters within separate chunks", async (t) => {
 	const utf8string = "Κυ";
 	const expected = utf8string;