diff --git a/bin/down-server.js b/bin/down-server.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e5c79d01f..0000000000
--- a/bin/down-server.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-const http = require('http');
-
-const [port] = process.argv.slice(2);
-
-const server = http.createServer((request, response) => {
-  response.writeHead(500, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
-  response.end('{}');
-});
-
-server.listen(port, () => {
-  console.log(`Down server listening on port ${port}`);
-});
diff --git a/bin/test-node.sh b/bin/test-node.sh
index a40848807a..74038d243d 100755
--- a/bin/test-node.sh
+++ b/bin/test-node.sh
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@ else
 fi
 
 if [ "$TYPE" = "integration" ]; then
-    if  (: < /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/3010) 2>/dev/null; then
-        echo "down-server port already in use"
-    else
-        node bin/down-server.js 3010 & export DOWN_SERVER_PID=$!
-    fi
-
     TESTS_PATH="tests/integration/test.*.js"
 fi
 if [ "$TYPE" = "fuzzy" ]; then
diff --git a/tests/integration/test.replication.js b/tests/integration/test.replication.js
index 75b9684796..99474613fd 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test.replication.js
+++ b/tests/integration/test.replication.js
@@ -4196,6 +4196,8 @@ adapters.forEach(function (adapters) {
 // This test only needs to run for one configuration, and it slows stuff
 // down
 describe('suite2 test.replication.js-down-test', function () {
+  this.timeout(360000);
+
   let dbs = {};
 
   beforeEach(function (done) {
@@ -4208,14 +4210,15 @@ describe('suite2 test.replication.js-down-test', function () {
   });
 
   it('replicate from down server test', async () => {
-    const source = new PouchDB('http://127.0.0.1:3010', {
-      ajax: {timeout: 10}
+    const source = new PouchDB('http://10.1.1.1:1234/store', {
+      ajax: {timeout: 10},
+      timeout: 10,
     });
     const target = new PouchDB(dbs.name);
     try {
       await source.replicate.to(target);
     } catch (error) {
-      should.exist(error);
+      error.message.should.match(/(^(Failed to fetch|NetworkError when attempting to fetch resource\.|Load failed)$)|ECONNREFUSED|EHOSTUNREACH|ETIMEDOUT/);
     }
   });
 });