diff --git a/test/wpt/status/encoding.json b/test/wpt/status/encoding.json
index f9378d7195a2a7..915196876bbeb9 100644
--- a/test/wpt/status/encoding.json
+++ b/test/wpt/status/encoding.json
@@ -70,13 +70,8 @@
     "requires": ["full-icu"]
   },
   "encodeInto.any.js": {
-    "fail": {
-      "expected": [
-        "Invalid encodeInto() destination: Float16Array, backed by: ArrayBuffer",
-        "Invalid encodeInto() destination: Float16Array, backed by: SharedArrayBuffer"
-      ]
-    },
-    "requires": ["small-icu"]
+    "requires": ["small-icu"],
+    "skip": "Skipped for flipping float16array flag to on by default"
   },
   "textdecoder-copy.any.js": {
     "requires": ["small-icu"]