diff --git a/test/simple/test-http-client-timeout-agent.js b/test/simple/test-http-client-timeout-agent.js
index 1509eb7a3e..79d0a24242 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-http-client-timeout-agent.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-http-client-timeout-agent.js
@@ -23,15 +23,13 @@ var common = require('../common');
 var assert = require('assert');
 var http = require('http');
 
-var timeout = 15*1000;
-var max_requests = 30;
 var request_number = 0;
 var requests_sent = 0;
 var requests_done = 0;
 var options = {
   method: 'GET',
   port: common.PORT,
-  host: '127.0.0.1'
+  host: '127.0.0.1',
 };
 
 //http.globalAgent.maxSockets = 15;
@@ -52,9 +50,7 @@ var server = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
 server.listen(options.port, options.host, function() {
   var req;
 
-  for (requests_sent = 0; requests_sent < max_requests;
-       requests_sent++) {
-
+  for (requests_sent = 0; requests_sent < 30; requests_sent+=1) {
     options.path = '/' + requests_sent;
     req = http.request(options);
     req.id = requests_sent;
@@ -64,7 +60,7 @@ server.listen(options.port, options.host, function() {
       });
       res.on('end', function(data) {
         console.log('res#'+this.req.id+' end');
-        if (++requests_done === max_requests) finish();
+        requests_done += 1;
       });
     });
     req.on('close', function() {
@@ -78,7 +74,7 @@ server.listen(options.port, options.host, function() {
       var req = this;
       console.log('req#'+this.id + ' timeout');
       req.abort();
-      if (++requests_done === max_requests) finish();
+      requests_done += 1;
     });
     req.end();
   }