diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-econnreset.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-econnreset.js
index 8a6536890e8636..1ffd7b1e97522f 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-econnreset.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-econnreset.js
@@ -25,72 +25,28 @@ if (!common.hasCrypto)
   common.skip('missing crypto');
 
 const assert = require('assert');
+const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
+const net = require('net');
 const tls = require('tls');
 
-const cacert =
-`-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
-MIIBxTCCAX8CAnXnMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAMH0xCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVTMQswCQYD
-VQQIEwJDQTEWMBQGA1UEBxMNU2FuIEZyYW5jaXNjbzEZMBcGA1UEChMQU3Ryb25n
-TG9vcCwgSW5jLjESMBAGA1UECxMJU3Ryb25nT3BzMRowGAYDVQQDExFjYS5zdHJv
-bmdsb29wLmNvbTAeFw0xNDAxMTcyMjE1MDdaFw00MTA2MDMyMjE1MDdaMH0xCzAJ
-BgNVBAYTAlVTMQswCQYDVQQIEwJDQTEWMBQGA1UEBxMNU2FuIEZyYW5jaXNjbzEZ
-MBcGA1UEChMQU3Ryb25nTG9vcCwgSW5jLjESMBAGA1UECxMJU3Ryb25nT3BzMRow
-GAYDVQQDExFjYS5zdHJvbmdsb29wLmNvbTBMMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAAzsAMDgC
-MQDKbQ6rIR5t1q1v4Ha36jrq0IkyUohy9EYNvLnXUly1PGqxby0ILlAVJ8JawpY9
-AVkCAwEAATANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFAAMxALA1uS4CqQXRSAyYTfio5oyLGz71a+NM
-+0AFLBwh5AQjhGd0FcenU4OfHxyDEOJT/Q==
------END CERTIFICATE-----`;
-
-const cert =
-`-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
-MIIBfDCCATYCAgQaMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAMH0xCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVTMQswCQYD
-VQQIEwJDQTEWMBQGA1UEBxMNU2FuIEZyYW5jaXNjbzEZMBcGA1UEChMQU3Ryb25n
-TG9vcCwgSW5jLjESMBAGA1UECxMJU3Ryb25nT3BzMRowGAYDVQQDExFjYS5zdHJv
-bmdsb29wLmNvbTAeFw0xNDAxMTcyMjE1MDdaFw00MTA2MDMyMjE1MDdaMBkxFzAV
-BgNVBAMTDnN0cm9uZ2xvb3AuY29tMEwwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADOwAwOAIxAMfk
-I0LWU15pPUwIQNMnRVhhOibi0TQmAau8FBtgwEfGK01WpfGUaJr1a41K8Uq7xwID
-AQABoxkwFzAVBgNVHREEDjAMhwQAAAAAhwR/AAABMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAAzEA
-cGpYrhkrb7mIh9DNhV0qp7pGjqBzlHqB7KQXw2luLDp//6dyHBMexDCQznkhZKRU
------END CERTIFICATE-----`;
-
-const key =
-`-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
-MIH0AgEAAjEAx+QjQtZTXmk9TAhA0ydFWGE6JuLRNCYBq7wUG2DAR8YrTVal8ZRo
-mvVrjUrxSrvHAgMBAAECMBCGccvSwC2r8Z9Zh1JtirQVxaL1WWpAQfmVwLe0bAgg
-/JWMU/6hS36TsYyZMxwswQIZAPTAfht/zDLb7Hwgu2twsS1Ra9w/yyvtlwIZANET
-26votwJAHK1yUrZGA5nnp5qcmQ/JUQIZAII5YV/UUZvF9D/fUplJ7puENPWNY9bN
-pQIZAMMwxuS3XiO7two2sQF6W+JTYyX1DPCwAQIZAOYg1TvEGT38k8e8jygv8E8w
-YqrWTeQFNQ==
------END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----`;
-
-const ca = [ cert, cacert ];
-
 let clientError = null;
-let connectError = null;
 
-const server = tls.createServer({ ca: ca, cert: cert, key: key }, () => {
-  assert.fail('should be unreachable');
-}).on('tlsClientError', function(err, conn) {
+const server = tls.createServer({
+  cert: fixtures.readKey('agent1-cert.pem'),
+  key: fixtures.readKey('agent1-key.pem'),
+}, common.mustNotCall()).on('tlsClientError', function(err, conn) {
   assert(!clientError && conn);
   clientError = err;
+  server.close();
 }).listen(0, function() {
-  const options = {
-    ciphers: 'AES128-GCM-SHA256',
-    port: this.address().port,
-    ca: ca
-  };
-  tls.connect(options).on('error', function(err) {
-    assert(!connectError);
-
-    connectError = err;
+  net.connect(this.address().port, function() {
+    // Destroy the socket once it is connected, so the server sees ECONNRESET.
     this.destroy();
-    server.close();
-  }).write('123');
+  }).on('error', common.mustNotCall());
 });
 
 process.on('exit', function() {
   assert(clientError);
-  assert(connectError);
   assert(/socket hang up/.test(clientError.message));
   assert(/ECONNRESET/.test(clientError.code));
 });