diff --git a/test/simple/test-http-conn-reset.js b/test/simple/test-http-conn-reset.js
index 908d433c17..9c293721cf 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-http-conn-reset.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-http-conn-reset.js
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ function onListen() {
   });
   req.on('error', function(err) {
     assert.equal(err.code, 'ECONNRESET');
-    assert.equal(err.message, 'socket hang up');
     caughtError = true;
   });
   req.end();
diff --git a/test/simple/test-http-multi-line-headers.js b/test/simple/test-http-multi-line-headers.js
index a212a04da5..92bf9ecc82 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-http-multi-line-headers.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-http-multi-line-headers.js
@@ -40,10 +40,8 @@ var server = net.createServer(function(conn) {
       '\r\n' +
       body;
 
-  conn.write(response, function() {
-    conn.destroy();
-    server.close();
-  });
+  conn.end(response);
+  server.close();
 });
 
 server.listen(common.PORT, function() {
@@ -51,6 +49,7 @@ server.listen(common.PORT, function() {
     assert.equal(res.headers['content-type'],
                  'text/plain;x-unix-mode=0600;name="hello.txt"');
     gotResponse = true;
+    res.destroy();
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-http-response-no-headers.js b/test/simple/test-http-response-no-headers.js
index cc5250d826..d16d8a4ce9 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-http-response-no-headers.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-http-response-no-headers.js
@@ -41,9 +41,7 @@ function test(httpVersion, callback) {
     var reply = 'HTTP/' + httpVersion + ' 200 OK\r\n\r\n' +
                 expected[httpVersion];
 
-    conn.write(reply, function() {
-      conn.destroy();
-    });
+    conn.end(reply);
   });
 
   server.listen(common.PORT, '127.0.0.1', function() {