diff --git a/src/test/java/io/vertx/core/http/HttpTest.java b/src/test/java/io/vertx/core/http/HttpTest.java
index c9e540cfe9a..a92a8fea097 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/vertx/core/http/HttpTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/vertx/core/http/HttpTest.java
@@ -11,15 +11,11 @@
 
 package io.vertx.core.http;
 
-import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
-import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
 import io.netty.channel.ConnectTimeoutException;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.compression.DecompressionException;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaderNames;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpResponseStatus;
-import io.netty.handler.codec.http2.Http2EventAdapter;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http2.Http2Exception;
-import io.netty.handler.codec.http2.Http2Headers;
 import io.vertx.codegen.annotations.Nullable;
 import io.vertx.core.AbstractVerticle;
 import io.vertx.core.AsyncResult;
@@ -34,7 +30,6 @@
 import io.vertx.core.VertxOptions;
 import io.vertx.core.buffer.Buffer;
 import io.vertx.core.dns.AddressResolverOptions;
-import io.vertx.core.http.Http2ServerTest.TestClient;
 import io.vertx.core.http.impl.HttpServerRequestInternal;
 import io.vertx.core.http.impl.ServerCookie;
 import io.vertx.core.http.impl.headers.HeadersMultiMap;
@@ -55,7 +50,6 @@
 import io.vertx.test.netty.TestLoggerFactory;
 import io.vertx.test.proxy.HAProxy;
 import org.junit.Assume;
-import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
@@ -6826,8 +6820,9 @@ public void shouldThrowISEIfSendingResponseFromHeadersEndHandler() throws Except
     );
     startServer(testAddress);
     client.request(requestOptions)
-      .compose(HttpClientRequest::send)
-      .compose(HttpClientResponse::end)
+      .compose(req -> req.send()
+        .andThen(onSuccess(resp -> assertEquals(200, resp.statusCode())))
+        .compose(HttpClientResponse::end))
       .onComplete(onSuccess(nothing -> complete()));
     await();
   }