diff --git a/packages/ses/test/hermes-smoke.js b/packages/ses/test/hermes-smoke.js
index f6d9e0b857..4211f6e43b 100644
--- a/packages/ses/test/hermes-smoke.js
+++ b/packages/ses/test/hermes-smoke.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-import '../dist/ses.cjs';
-import '../src/assert-shim.js';
+// TODO: equivalent of:
+// import '../dist/ses.cjs';
+// import '../src/assert-shim.js';
+// Since Hermes has no native support for I/O
 
 // Test lockdown
 
@@ -12,14 +14,14 @@ const c = new Compartment();
 c.evaluate('1+1');
 c.evaluate("const c2 = new Compartment(); c2.evaluate('1+2')");
 
-// Test importHook and resolveHook (non-ESM)
+// Test importHook and resolveHook
 
 // https://github.com/facebook/hermes/blob/main/doc/Features.md
 // In Progress: ES modules (`import` and `export`)
 
 const resolveHook = '';
 
-const importHook = async () => {
+async function importHook () {
   return {
     imports: [],
     exports: ['meaning'],
@@ -33,9 +35,9 @@ const compartment = new Compartment({}, {}, { resolveHook, importHook });
 
 const module = compartment.module('.');
 
-const {
-  namespace: { _meaning },
-} = await compartment.import('.');
+// const {
+// namespace: { _meaning },
+// } = await compartment.import('.');
 
 assert(module);
 // t.is(meaning, 42, 'exports seen');