diff --git a/test/common/index.js b/test/common/index.js
index 50722f65c09b82..0b4e8d56ce0f8d 100644
--- a/test/common/index.js
+++ b/test/common/index.js
@@ -787,8 +787,6 @@ const common = {
     return localhostIPv4;
   },
 
-  get localhostIPv6() { return '::1'; },
-
   // opensslCli defined lazily to reduce overhead of spawnSync
   get opensslCli() {
     if (opensslCli !== null) return opensslCli;
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-net-connect-local-error.js b/test/sequential/test-net-connect-local-error.js
index 6f5139aefb226d..030c4de750cb4d 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-net-connect-local-error.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-net-connect-local-error.js
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ const optionsIPv4 = {
 };
 
 const optionsIPv6 = {
-  host: common.localhostIPv6,
+  host: '::1',
   port: common.PORT + 2,
   localPort: common.PORT + 3,
-  localAddress: common.localhostIPv6
+  localAddress: '::1',
 };
 
 function onError(err, options) {