diff --git a/test/integration/api-support/test/index.test.js b/test/integration/api-support/test/index.test.js
index efc1e99f603d7..a803bbdaceb26 100644
--- a/test/integration/api-support/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/api-support/test/index.test.js
@@ -118,30 +118,16 @@ function runTests(dev = false) {
   })
 
   it('should return error exceeded body limit', async () => {
-    let res
-    let error
-
-    try {
-      res = await fetchViaHTTP(appPort, '/api/parse', null, {
-        method: 'POST',
-        headers: {
-          'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
-        },
-        body: JSON.stringify(json),
-      })
-    } catch (err) {
-      error = err
-    }
+    const data = await fetchViaHTTP(appPort, '/api/parse', null, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
+      },
+      body: JSON.stringify(json),
+    })
 
-    if (error) {
-      // This is a temporary workaround for testing since node doesn't handle
-      // closed connections when POSTing data to an endpoint correctly
-      // https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/12339
-      expect(error.code).toBe('EPIPE')
-    } else {
-      expect(res.status).toEqual(413)
-      expect(res.statusText).toEqual('Body exceeded 1mb limit')
-    }
+    expect(data.status).toEqual(413)
+    expect(data.statusText).toEqual('Body exceeded 1mb limit')
   })
 
   it('should parse bigger body then 1mb', async () => {