diff --git a/node/rpcstack_test.go b/node/rpcstack_test.go
index eb0bbac93f..54e58cccb2 100644
--- a/node/rpcstack_test.go
+++ b/node/rpcstack_test.go
@@ -570,7 +570,6 @@ func TestHTTPWriteTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 	// Send normal request
 	t.Run("message", func(t *testing.T) {
 		resp := rpcRequest(t, url, "test_sleep")
-		defer resp.Body.Close()
 		body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
@@ -584,7 +583,6 @@ func TestHTTPWriteTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("batch", func(t *testing.T) {
 		want := fmt.Sprintf("[%s,%s,%s]", greetRes, timeoutRes, timeoutRes)
 		resp := batchRpcRequest(t, url, []string{"test_greet", "test_sleep", "test_greet"})
-		defer resp.Body.Close()
 		body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)