diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index e0158cb5c..492a816ce 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ tests/throw error.ts
 tests/throw error react tsx.tsx
 tests/esm/throw error.ts
 tests/legacy-source-map-support-interop/index.ts
+tests/main-realpath/symlink/symlink.tsx
diff --git a/src/test/index.spec.ts b/src/test/index.spec.ts
index 0f7e7d4d4..8eef6bc0f 100644
--- a/src/test/index.spec.ts
+++ b/src/test/index.spec.ts
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ test.suite('ts-node', (test) => {
 
 test('Falls back to transpileOnly when ts compiler returns emitSkipped', async () => {
   const { err, stdout } = await exec(
-    `${CMD_TS_NODE_WITHOUT_PROJECT_FLAG} ./outside-rootDir/foo.js`,
+    `${CMD_TS_NODE_WITHOUT_PROJECT_FLAG} --project tsconfig.json ./outside-rootDir/foo.js`,
     {
       cwd: join(TEST_DIR, 'emit-skipped-fallback'),
     }