diff --git a/frontend/deterministic-tests/README.md b/frontend/deterministic-tests/README.md
index 6fa2848c..487c7e1c 100644
--- a/frontend/deterministic-tests/README.md
+++ b/frontend/deterministic-tests/README.md
@@ -53,14 +53,11 @@ Clients always start with syncing disabled.
 # Build server first
 cd sync-server && cargo build --release && cd -
 
-# Run all tests
-cd frontend && npm run build -w sync-client && npm run test -w deterministic-tests
+# Build the client
+cd frontend && npm run build -w sync-client
 
-# Filter by name
-npm run test -w deterministic-tests -- --filter=rename
-
-# Control parallelism (default: number of CPU cores)
-npm run test -w deterministic-tests -- -j 4
+# Run the tests filtering by name with concurrency
+npm run test -w deterministic-tests -- --filter=rename -j 4
 ```
 
 ## Adding a test
diff --git a/frontend/deterministic-tests/src/test-registry.ts b/frontend/deterministic-tests/src/test-registry.ts
index 1a07b411..2ecd7d37 100644
--- a/frontend/deterministic-tests/src/test-registry.ts
+++ b/frontend/deterministic-tests/src/test-registry.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ import { offlineMoveThenRemoteDeleteTest } from "./tests/offline-move-then-remot
 import { resetClearsRecentlyDeletedResurrectionTest } from "./tests/reset-clears-recently-deleted-resurrection.test";
 import { moveThenDeleteStalePathTest } from "./tests/move-then-delete-stale-path.test";
 import { interruptedDeleteRetryTest } from "./tests/interrupted-delete-retry.test";
-import { updateDoesNotSurviveRemoteDeleteTest } from "./tests/update-does-not-survive-remote-delete.test";
 import { movePreservesRemoteUpdateTest } from "./tests/move-preserves-remote-update.test";
 import { recentlyDeletedClearedOnReconnectTest } from "./tests/recently-deleted-cleared-on-reconnect.test";
 import { watermarkAdvancesOnSkipTest } from "./tests/watermark-advances-on-skip.test";
@@ -157,7 +156,6 @@ export const TESTS: Partial<Record<string, TestDefinition>> = {
     "move-then-delete-stale-path": moveThenDeleteStalePathTest,
     "offline-delete-vs-remote-update": offlineDeleteVsRemoteUpdateTest,
     "interrupted-delete-retry": interruptedDeleteRetryTest,
-    "update-does-not-survive-remote-delete": updateDoesNotSurviveRemoteDeleteTest,
     "move-preserves-remote-update": movePreservesRemoteUpdateTest,
     "recently-deleted-cleared-on-reconnect":
         recentlyDeletedClearedOnReconnectTest,
diff --git a/frontend/package-lock.json b/frontend/package-lock.json
index f0c60c83..d1057be3 100644
--- a/frontend/package-lock.json
+++ b/frontend/package-lock.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
             },
             "devDependencies": {
                 "@types/node": "^25.0.2",
+                "commander": "^14.0.2",
                 "sync-client": "file:../sync-client",
                 "ts-loader": "^9.5.4",
                 "tslib": "2.8.1",