1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-status-reason-invalid-chars.js b/test/parallel/test-http-status-reason-invalid-chars.js
index 9950eeeee9..75ccb2c243 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-status-reason-invalid-chars.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-status-reason-invalid-chars.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const http = require('http');
-const net = require('net');
 
 function explicit(req, res) {
   assert.throws(() => {
@@ -34,8 +33,7 @@ const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
     implicit(req, res);
   }
 }).listen(0, common.mustCall(() => {
-  const addr = server.address().address;
-  const hostname = net.isIPv6(addr) ? `[${addr}1]` : addr;
+  const hostname = 'localhost';
   const url = `http://${hostname}:${server.address().port}`;
   let left = 2;
   const check = common.mustCall((res) => {