diff --git a/tests/test-pool.js b/tests/test-pool.js
index a3fea7eb7..b59bd3362 100644
--- a/tests/test-pool.js
+++ b/tests/test-pool.js
@@ -31,26 +31,30 @@ tape('pool', function(t) {
 })
 
 tape('forever', function(t) {
-  var d = require('domain').create()
+  var r = request({
+    url: 'http://localhost:6767',
+    forever: true,
+    pool: {maxSockets: 1024}
+  }, function(err, res, body) {
+    // explicitly shut down the agent
+    if (r.agent.destroy === typeof 'function') {
+      r.agent.destroy()
+    } else {
+      // node < 0.12
+      Object.keys(r.agent.sockets).forEach(function (name) {
+        r.agent.sockets[name].forEach(function (socket) {
+          socket.end()
+        })
+      })
+    }
 
-  d.on('error', function(err){
-    t.fail(err)
-  })
+    t.equal(err, null)
+    t.equal(res.statusCode, 200)
+    t.equal(body, 'asdf')
 
-  d.run(function(){
-    request({
-      url: 'http://localhost:6767',
-      forever: true,
-      pool: {maxSockets: 1024}
-    }, function(err, res, body) {
-      t.equal(err, null)
-      t.equal(res.statusCode, 200)
-      t.equal(body, 'asdf')
-
-      var agent = res.request.agent
-      t.equal(agent.maxSockets, 1024)
-      t.end()
-    })
+    var agent = res.request.agent
+    t.equal(agent.maxSockets, 1024)
+    t.end()
   })
 })