diff --git a/test/acceptance/copy-endpoints.js b/test/acceptance/copy-endpoints.js
index 6eaa8c32..c4d08cd7 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/copy-endpoints.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/copy-endpoints.js
@@ -345,44 +345,32 @@ describe('copy-endpoints client disconnection', function() {
     });
 
     it('copy to returns the connection to the pool if the client disconnects', function(done) {
-        const request = require('request');
-        const port = 5555;
-        const host = '127.0.0.1';
 
-        var listen = function() {
-            var listener = server.listen(port, host);
-            listener.on('listening', onServerListening);
-        };
-
-        var onServerListening = function() {
-            const requestParams = {
-                url: 'http://' + host + ':' + port + '/api/v1/sql/copyto?' + querystring.stringify({
-                    q: 'COPY populated_places_simple_reduced TO STDOUT',
+        var assertCanReuseConnection = function () {
+            assert.response(server, {
+                url: '/api/v1/sql?' + querystring.stringify({
+                    q: 'SELECT 1',
                 }),
                 headers: { host: 'vizzuality.cartodb.com' },
-                method: 'GET',
-                timeout: 1
-            };
-            request(requestParams, function(err, response, body) {
-                // we're expecting a timeout error
-                assert.ok(err.code === 'ETIMEDOUT' || err.code === 'ESOCKETTIMEDOUT');
-
-                // check now that we can perform a regular query, cause the connection should be back to the pool
-                request({
-                    url: 'http://' + host + ':' + port + '/api/v1/sql?' + querystring.stringify({
-                        q: 'SELECT 1',
-                    }),
-                    headers: { host: 'vizzuality.cartodb.com' },
-                    method: 'GET',
-                    timeout: 5000
-                }, function(err, response, body) {
-                    assert.ifError(err);
-                    assert(response.statusCode == 200);
-                    done();
-                });
+                method: 'GET'
+            }, {}, function(err, res) {
+                assert.ifError(err);
+                assert.ok(res.statusCode === 200);
+                done();
             });
-        }
+        };
 
-        listen();
+        assert.response(server, {
+            url: '/api/v1/sql/copyto?' + querystring.stringify({
+                q: 'COPY populated_places_simple_reduced TO STDOUT',
+            }),
+            headers: { host: 'vizzuality.cartodb.com' },
+            method: 'GET',
+            timeout: 1
+        }, {}, function(err, res) {
+            // we're expecting a timeout error
+            assert.ok(err.code === 'ETIMEDOUT' || err.code === 'ESOCKETTIMEDOUT');
+            assertCanReuseConnection();
+        });
     });
 });