diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-default-encoding.js b/test/parallel/test-http-default-encoding.js
index a40c8841eceab9..612a75bce46647 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-default-encoding.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-default-encoding.js
@@ -11,16 +11,11 @@ var server = http.Server(function(req, res) {
   req.on('data', function(chunk) {
     result += chunk;
   }).on('end', function() {
-    clearTimeout(timeout);
     server.close();
+    res.writeHead(200);
+    res.end('hello world\n');
   });
 
-  var timeout = setTimeout(function() {
-    process.exit(1);
-  }, 100);
-
-  res.writeHead(200);
-  res.end('hello world\n');
 });
 
 server.listen(common.PORT, function() {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-request-end.js b/test/parallel/test-http-request-end.js
index 43d023028a4fd0..6ecfc0672e35ff 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-request-end.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-request-end.js
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ var server = http.Server(function(req, res) {
 
   req.on('end', function() {
     server.close();
+    res.writeHead(200);
+    res.end('hello world\n');
   });
 
-  res.writeHead(200);
-  res.end('hello world\n');
 });
 
 server.listen(common.PORT, function() {