Use node assertions as standard solution

async/features/steps/request.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Given, When, Then } from '@cucumber/cucumber'
-import { expect } from 'chai'
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
 import axios from 'axios'
 
 When('I request the same resource three times', function () {
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ When('I request the same resource three times', function () {
 })
 
 Then('the responses should be the same', function () {
-  expect(this.first).to.equal(this.second)
+  assert.equal(this.first, this.second)
 
   if (this.third === undefined) {
     return
   }
-  expect(this.second).to.equal(this.third)
+  assert.equal(this.second, this.third)
 })

async/features/support/hooks.js

@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
 import { BeforeAll, AfterAll } from '@cucumber/cucumber'
-import express from 'express'
+import { createServer } from 'node:http'
 
 let server
 
 BeforeAll(function () {
-  const app = express()
-
-  app.get('/', (req, res) => {
-    res.send('Alea iacta est')
+  server = createServer(function (request, response) {
+    response.end('Alea iacta est')
   })
-
-  server = app.listen(8080)
+  server.listen(8080)
 })
 
 AfterAll(function () {

async/package.json

@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@
   "author": "Eugen Wissner <belka@caraus.de>",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@cucumber/cucumber": "^11.1.1",
-    "axios": "^1.7.9",
-    "chai": "^5.1.2",
-    "express": "^4.16.4"
+    "@cucumber/cucumber": "^12.0.0",
+    "axios": "^1.7.9"
   }
 }