diff --git a/test/parallel/test-net-server-max-connections.js b/test/parallel/test-net-server-max-connections.js
index 661c18113b53fd..99d3b345f40974 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-net-server-max-connections.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-net-server-max-connections.js
@@ -1,23 +1,21 @@
 'use strict';
-var common = require('../common');
-var assert = require('assert');
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
 
-var net = require('net');
+const net = require('net');
 
-// This test creates 200 connections to a server and sets the server's
-// maxConnections property to 100. The first 100 connections make it through
-// and the last 100 connections are rejected.
+// This test creates 20 connections to a server and sets the server's
+// maxConnections property to 10. The first 10 connections make it through
+// and the last 10 connections are rejected.
 
-var N = 200;
-var count = 0;
+const N = 20;
 var closes = 0;
-var waits = [];
+const waits = [];
 
-var server = net.createServer(function(connection) {
-  console.error('connect %d', count++);
+const server = net.createServer(common.mustCall(function(connection) {
   connection.write('hello');
   waits.push(function() { connection.end(); });
-});
+}, N / 2));
 
 server.listen(0, function() {
   makeConnection(0);
@@ -25,11 +23,9 @@ server.listen(0, function() {
 
 server.maxConnections = N / 2;
 
-console.error('server.maxConnections = %d', server.maxConnections);
-
 
 function makeConnection(index) {
-  var c = net.createConnection(server.address().port);
+  const c = net.createConnection(server.address().port);
   var gotData = false;
 
   c.on('connect', function() {
@@ -42,10 +38,10 @@ function makeConnection(index) {
       closes++;
 
       if (closes < N / 2) {
-        assert.ok(server.maxConnections <= index,
-                  index +
-                  ' was one of the first closed connections ' +
-                  'but shouldnt have been');
+        assert.ok(
+          server.maxConnections <= index,
+          `${index} should not have been one of the first closed connections`
+        );
       }
 
       if (closes === N / 2) {
@@ -58,11 +54,11 @@ function makeConnection(index) {
       }
 
       if (index < server.maxConnections) {
-        assert.equal(true, gotData,
-                     index + ' didn\'t get data, but should have');
+        assert.strictEqual(true, gotData,
+                           `${index} didn't get data, but should have`);
       } else {
-        assert.equal(false, gotData,
-                     index + ' got data, but shouldn\'t have');
+        assert.strictEqual(false, gotData,
+                           `${index} got data, but shouldn't have`);
       }
     });
   });
@@ -86,5 +82,5 @@ function makeConnection(index) {
 
 
 process.on('exit', function() {
-  assert.equal(N, closes);
+  assert.strictEqual(N, closes);
 });