diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-304.js b/test/parallel/test-http-304.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ac1c68d0d..0000000000
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-304.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-var common = require('../common');
-
-var http = require('http');
-var childProcess = require('child_process');
-
-var s = http.createServer(function(request, response) {
-  response.writeHead(304);
-  response.end();
-});
-
-s.listen(common.PORT, function() {
-  childProcess.exec('curl -i http://127.0.0.1:' + common.PORT + '/',
-                    function(err, stdout, stderr) {
-                      if (err) throw err;
-                      s.close();
-                    });
-});
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-chunk-problem.js b/test/parallel/test-http-chunk-problem.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a5710e38e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-chunk-problem.js
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+'use strict';
+// http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs/browse_thread/thread/f66cd3c960406919
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+if (!common.hasCrypto) {
+  console.log('1..0 # Skipped: missing crypto');
+  return;
+}
+
+if (process.argv[2] === 'request') {
+  const http = require('http');
+  const options = {
+    port: common.PORT,
+    path : '/'
+  };
+
+  http.get(options, (res) => {
+    res.pipe(process.stdout);
+  });
+
+  return;
+}
+
+if (process.argv[2] === 'shasum') {
+  const crypto = require('crypto');
+  const shasum = crypto.createHash('sha1');
+  process.stdin.on('data', (d) => {
+    shasum.update(d);
+  });
+
+  process.stdin.on('close', () => {
+    process.stdout.write(shasum.digest('hex'));
+  });
+
+  return;
+}
+
+const http = require('http');
+const cp = require('child_process');
+
+const filename = require('path').join(common.tmpDir, 'big');
+
+function executeRequest(cb) {
+  cp.exec([process.execPath,
+           __filename,
+           'request',
+           '|',
+           process.execPath,
+           __filename,
+           'shasum' ].join(' '),
+          (err, stdout, stderr) => {
+            if (err) throw err;
+            assert.equal('8c206a1a87599f532ce68675536f0b1546900d7a',
+                         stdout.slice(0, 40));
+            cb();
+          }
+  );
+}
+
+
+common.refreshTmpDir();
+
+const ddcmd = common.ddCommand(filename, 10240);
+
+cp.exec(ddcmd, function(err, stdout, stderr) {
+  if (err) throw err;
+  const server = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
+    res.writeHead(200);
+
+    // Create the subprocess
+    const cat = cp.spawn('cat', [filename]);
+
+    // Stream the data through to the response as binary chunks
+    cat.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
+      res.write(data);
+    });
+
+    cat.stdout.on('end', () => res.end());
+
+    // End the response on exit (and log errors)
+    cat.on('exit', (code) => {
+      if (code !== 0) {
+        console.error('subprocess exited with code ' + code);
+        process.exit(1);
+      }
+    });
+
+  });
+
+  server.listen(common.PORT, () => {
+    executeRequest(() => server.close());
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-curl-chunk-problem.js b/test/parallel/test-http-curl-chunk-problem.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f3e3a24328..0000000000
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-curl-chunk-problem.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-var common = require('../common');
-var assert = require('assert');
-if (!common.opensslCli) {
-  console.log('1..0 # Skipped: node compiled without OpenSSL CLI.');
-  return;
-}
-
-// http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs/browse_thread/thread/f66cd3c960406919
-var http = require('http');
-var cp = require('child_process');
-var fs = require('fs');
-
-var filename = require('path').join(common.tmpDir, 'big');
-
-var count = 0;
-function maybeMakeRequest() {
-  if (++count < 2) return;
-  console.log('making curl request');
-  var cmd = 'curl http://127.0.0.1:' + common.PORT + '/ | ' +
-            '"' + common.opensslCli + '" sha1';
-  cp.exec(cmd, function(err, stdout, stderr) {
-    if (err) throw err;
-    var hex = stdout.match(/([A-Fa-f0-9]{40})/)[0];
-    assert.equal('8c206a1a87599f532ce68675536f0b1546900d7a', hex);
-    console.log('got the correct response');
-    fs.unlink(filename);
-    server.close();
-  });
-}
-
-
-common.refreshTmpDir();
-
-var ddcmd = common.ddCommand(filename, 10240);
-console.log('dd command: ', ddcmd);
-
-cp.exec(ddcmd, function(err, stdout, stderr) {
-  if (err) throw err;
-  maybeMakeRequest();
-});
-
-
-var server = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
-  res.writeHead(200);
-
-  // Create the subprocess
-  var cat = cp.spawn('cat', [filename]);
-
-  // Stream the data through to the response as binary chunks
-  cat.stdout.on('data', function(data) {
-    res.write(data);
-  });
-
-  cat.stdout.on('end', function onStdoutEnd() {
-    res.end();
-  });
-
-  // End the response on exit (and log errors)
-  cat.on('exit', function(code) {
-    if (code !== 0) {
-      console.error('subprocess exited with code ' + code);
-      process.exit(1);
-    }
-  });
-
-});
-
-server.listen(common.PORT, maybeMakeRequest);
-
-console.log('Server running at http://localhost:8080');