diff --git a/lib/http.js b/lib/http.js
index 5dc62745ce..3b5c15f814 100644
--- a/lib/http.js
+++ b/lib/http.js
@@ -980,20 +980,12 @@ function connectionListener(socket) {
   var self = this;
   var outgoing = [];
   var incoming = [];
-  var abortError = null;
 
   function abortIncoming() {
-    if (!abortError) {
-      abortError = new Error('http.ServerRequest was aborted by the client');
-      abortError.code = 'aborted';
-    }
-
     while (incoming.length) {
       var req = incoming.shift();
-
-      // @deprecated, should be removed in 0.5.x
       req.emit('aborted');
-      req.emit('close', abortError);
+      req.emit('close');
     }
     // abort socket._httpMessage ?
   }
@@ -1004,8 +996,6 @@ function connectionListener(socket) {
 
   socket.setTimeout(2 * 60 * 1000); // 2 minute timeout
   socket.addListener('timeout', function() {
-    abortError = new Error('http.ServerRequest timed out');
-    abortError.code = 'timeout';
     socket.destroy();
   });
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-http-request-aborted.js b/test/simple/test-http-request-aborted.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b80b0edfed..0000000000
--- a/test/simple/test-http-request-aborted.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors.
-//
-// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
-// copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
-// "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
-// without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
-// distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit
-// persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the
-// following conditions:
-//
-// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
-// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-//
-// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
-// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
-// MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN
-// NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
-// DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
-// OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
-// USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
-
-var common = require('../common');
-var assert = require('assert');
-var http = require('http');
-var net = require('net');
-
-var closeError;
-
-var server = http.Server(function(req, res) {
-  req.on('close', function(err) {
-    closeError = err;
-    server.close();
-  });
-});
-
-server.listen(common.PORT, function() {
-  var socket = net.createConnection(common.PORT);
-  socket.write('GET / HTTP/1.1\n\n');
-  socket.end();
-});
-
-process.on('exit', function() {
-  assert.equal(closeError.code, 'aborted');
-});
diff --git a/test/simple/test-http-set-timeout.js b/test/simple/test-http-set-timeout.js
index fbc8f2c630..641a425f8d 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-http-set-timeout.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-http-set-timeout.js
@@ -24,12 +24,11 @@ var assert = require('assert');
 var http = require('http');
 
 var server = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
-  console.log('got request. setting 100ms second timeout');
-  req.connection.setTimeout(100);
-
-  req.on('close', function(err) {
-    assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'timeout');
+  console.log('got request. setting 1 second timeout');
+  req.connection.setTimeout(500);
 
+  req.connection.addListener('timeout', function() {
+    req.connection.destroy();
     common.debug('TIMEOUT');
     server.close();
   });
diff --git a/test/simple/test-https-request-aborted.js b/test/simple/test-https-request-aborted.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d3d7ac4f0b..0000000000
--- a/test/simple/test-https-request-aborted.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors.
-//
-// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
-// copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
-// "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
-// without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
-// distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit
-// persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the
-// following conditions:
-//
-// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
-// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-//
-// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
-// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
-// MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN
-// NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
-// DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
-// OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
-// USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
-
-var common = require('../common');
-var assert = require('assert');
-var https = require('https');
-var fs = require('fs');
-
-var closeError;
-
-var options = {
-  key: fs.readFileSync(common.fixturesDir + '/keys/agent1-key.pem'),
-  cert: fs.readFileSync(common.fixturesDir + '/keys/agent1-cert.pem')
-};
-
-var server = https.Server(options, function(req, res) {
-  res.writeHead(200);
-  res.write('Hi');
-
-  req.on('close', function(err) {
-    closeError = err;
-    server.close();
-  });
-});
-
-server.listen(common.PORT, function() {
-  https.get({port: common.PORT, path: '/'}, function(res) {
-    res.socket.end();
-  })
-});
-
-process.on('exit', function() {
-  console.log(closeError);
-  assert.equal(closeError.code, 'aborted');
-});
diff --git a/test/simple/test-https-request-timeout.js b/test/simple/test-https-request-timeout.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 14335ed58b..0000000000
--- a/test/simple/test-https-request-timeout.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors.
-//
-// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
-// copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
-// "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
-// without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
-// distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit
-// persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the
-// following conditions:
-//
-// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
-// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-//
-// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
-// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
-// MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN
-// NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
-// DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
-// OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
-// USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
-
-var common = require('../common');
-var assert = require('assert');
-var https = require('https');
-var fs = require('fs');
-
-var closeError;
-
-var options = {
-  key: fs.readFileSync(common.fixturesDir + '/keys/agent1-key.pem'),
-  cert: fs.readFileSync(common.fixturesDir + '/keys/agent1-cert.pem')
-};
-
-var server = https.Server(options, function(req, res) {
-  req.connection.setTimeout(100);
-  res.writeHead(200);
-  res.write('Hi');
-
-  req.on('close', function(err) {
-    closeError = err;
-    server.close();
-  });
-});
-
-server.listen(common.PORT, function() {
-  https.get({port: common.PORT, path: '/'}, function(res) {
-
-  })
-});
-
-process.on('exit', function() {
-  assert.equal(closeError.code, 'timeout');
-});