diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 12c47f46824..dfb2dea12be 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
   "main": "index.js",
   "types": "index.d.ts",
   "scripts": {
-    "build:node": "npx esbuild@0.19.10 index-fetch.js --bundle --platform=node --outfile=undici-fetch.js --define:esbuildDetection=1 --keep-names && node scripts/strip-comments.js",
+    "build:node": "esbuild index-fetch.js --bundle --platform=node --outfile=undici-fetch.js --define:esbuildDetection=1 --keep-names && node scripts/strip-comments.js",
     "prebuild:wasm": "node build/wasm.js --prebuild",
     "build:wasm": "node build/wasm.js --docker",
     "generate-pem": "node scripts/generate-pem.js",
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
     "c8": "^10.0.0",
     "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
     "dns-packet": "^5.4.0",
+    "esbuild": "^0.19.10",
     "eslint": "^9.9.0",
     "fast-check": "^3.17.1",
     "https-pem": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/test/issue-1670.js b/test/issue-1670.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 26904d4da8f..00000000000
--- a/test/issue-1670.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-const { test } = require('node:test')
-const { request } = require('..')
-
-test('https://github.com/mcollina/undici/issues/1670', async () => {
-  const { body } = await request('https://api.github.com/user/emails')
-
-  await body.text()
-})
diff --git a/test/node-fetch/main.js b/test/node-fetch/main.js
index 4b584281ab6..1473caf198c 100644
--- a/test/node-fetch/main.js
+++ b/test/node-fetch/main.js
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ const HeadersOrig = require('../../lib/web/fetch/headers.js').Headers
 const ResponseOrig = require('../../lib/web/fetch/response.js').Response
 const RequestOrig = require('../../lib/web/fetch/request.js').Request
 const TestServer = require('./utils/server.js')
+const { createServer } = require('node:http')
+const { default: tspl } = require('@matteo.collina/tspl')
 
 const {
   Uint8Array: VMUint8Array
@@ -1617,15 +1619,23 @@ describe('node-fetch', () => {
     })
   })
 
-  it('should support http request', { timeout: 5000 }, function () {
-    const url = 'https://github.com/'
-    const options = {
-      method: 'HEAD'
-    }
-    return fetch(url, options).then(res => {
-      assert.strictEqual(res.status, 200)
-      assert.strictEqual(res.ok, true)
+  it('should support http request', { timeout: 5000 }, async function (t) {
+    t = tspl(t, { plan: 2 })
+    const server = createServer((req, res) => {
+      res.end()
+    })
+    after(() => server.close())
+    server.listen(0, () => {
+      const url = `http://localhost:${server.address().port}`
+      const options = {
+        method: 'HEAD'
+      }
+      fetch(url, options).then(res => {
+        t.strictEqual(res.status, 200)
+        t.strictEqual(res.ok, true)
+      })
     })
+    await t.completed
   })
 
   it('should encode URLs as UTF-8', async () => {