diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 152282207..91af80143 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ __compress = []
 actix-codec = "0.4.0"
 actix-macros = "0.2.3"
 actix-rt = "2.2"
-actix-server = "2.0.0-beta.3"
+actix-server = "2.0.0-beta.8"
 actix-service = "2.0.0"
 actix-utils = "3.0.0"
 actix-tls = { version = "3.0.0-beta.7", default-features = false, optional = true }
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ rcgen = "0.8"
 rustls-pemfile = "0.2"
 tls-openssl = { package = "openssl", version = "0.10.9" }
 tls-rustls = { package = "rustls", version = "0.20.0" }
+tokio = { version = "1.2", features = ["time"] }
 zstd = "0.7"
 
 [profile.dev]
@@ -140,6 +141,8 @@ actix-web-actors = { path = "actix-web-actors" }
 actix-web-codegen = { path = "actix-web-codegen" }
 awc = { path = "awc" }
 
+actix-server = { path = "../actix-net/actix-server" }
+
 [[test]]
 name = "test_server"
 required-features = ["compress-brotli", "compress-gzip", "compress-zstd", "cookies"]
diff --git a/actix-http-test/Cargo.toml b/actix-http-test/Cargo.toml
index d3fc8a47f..17832b7a0 100644
--- a/actix-http-test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-http-test/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ actix-codec = "0.4.0"
 actix-tls = "3.0.0-beta.7"
 actix-utils = "3.0.0"
 actix-rt = "2.2"
-actix-server = "2.0.0-beta.3"
+actix-server = "2.0.0-beta.8"
 awc = { version = "3.0.0-beta.9", default-features = false }
 
 base64 = "0.13"
 bytes = "1"
 futures-core = { version = "0.3.7", default-features = false }
-http = "0.2.2"
+http = "0.2.5"
 log = "0.4"
 socket2 = "0.4"
 serde = "1.0"
diff --git a/actix-http-test/src/lib.rs b/actix-http-test/src/lib.rs
index c7b083b5e..85d2d578b 100644
--- a/actix-http-test/src/lib.rs
+++ b/actix-http-test/src/lib.rs
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ pub async fn test_server_with_addr<F: ServiceFactory<TcpStream>>(
             .disable_signals();
 
         sys.block_on(async {
-            srv.run();
             tx.send((System::current(), local_addr)).unwrap();
+            srv.run().await.unwrap();
         });
 
         sys.run()
diff --git a/actix-http/Cargo.toml b/actix-http/Cargo.toml
index 7d39e000a..61484baab 100644
--- a/actix-http/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-http/Cargo.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ encoding_rs = "0.8"
 futures-core = { version = "0.3.7", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 futures-util = { version = "0.3.7", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "sink"] }
 h2 = "0.3.1"
-http = "0.2.2"
+http = "0.2.5"
 httparse = "1.5.1"
 httpdate = "1.0.1"
 itoa = "0.4"
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ flate2 = { version = "1.0.13", optional = true }
 zstd = { version = "0.7", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-actix-server = "2.0.0-beta.3"
+actix-server = "2.0.0-beta.8"
 actix-http-test = { version = "3.0.0-beta.5", features = ["openssl"] }
 actix-tls = { version = "3.0.0-beta.7", features = ["openssl"] }
 async-stream = "0.3"
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 tls-openssl = { package = "openssl", version = "0.10.9" }
 tls-rustls = { package = "rustls", version = "0.20.0" }
+tokio = { version = "1.2", features = ["sync", "rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
 
 [[example]]
 name = "ws"
diff --git a/actix-http/tests/test_h2_ping_pong.rs b/actix-http/tests/test_h2_ping_pong.rs
index 5e03785a1..d4ff2fbe8 100644
--- a/actix-http/tests/test_h2_ping_pong.rs
+++ b/actix-http/tests/test_h2_ping_pong.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ async fn h2_ping_pong() -> io::Result<()> {
 
     let join = std::thread::spawn(move || {
         actix_rt::System::new().block_on(async move {
-            let handle = Server::build()
+            let srv = Server::build()
                 .disable_signals()
                 .workers(1)
                 .listen("h2_ping_pong", lst, || {
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ async fn h2_ping_pong() -> io::Result<()> {
                 })?
                 .run();
 
-            tx.send(handle.clone()).unwrap();
+            tx.send(srv.handle().clone()).unwrap();
 
-            handle.await
+            srv.await
         })
     });
 
diff --git a/actix-http/tests/test_openssl.rs b/actix-http/tests/test_openssl.rs
index a58d0cc70..0eaaabcc7 100644
--- a/actix-http/tests/test_openssl.rs
+++ b/actix-http/tests/test_openssl.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use actix_http::{
     body::{AnyBody, Body, SizedStream},
     error::PayloadError,
     http::{
-        header::{self, HeaderName, HeaderValue},
+        header::{self, HeaderValue},
         Method, StatusCode, Version,
     },
     Error, HttpMessage, HttpService, Request, Response,
@@ -143,38 +143,25 @@ async fn test_h2_content_length() {
     })
     .await;
 
-    let header = HeaderName::from_static("content-length");
-    let value = HeaderValue::from_static("0");
+    static VALUE: HeaderValue = HeaderValue::from_static("0");
 
     {
-        for &i in &[0] {
-            let req = srv
-                .request(Method::HEAD, srv.surl(&format!("/{}", i)))
-                .send();
-            let _response = req.await.expect_err("should timeout on recv 1xx frame");
-            // assert_eq!(response.headers().get(&header), None);
+        let req = srv.request(Method::HEAD, srv.surl("/0")).send();
+        req.await.expect_err("should timeout on recv 1xx frame");
 
-            let req = srv
-                .request(Method::GET, srv.surl(&format!("/{}", i)))
-                .send();
-            let _response = req.await.expect_err("should timeout on recv 1xx frame");
-            // assert_eq!(response.headers().get(&header), None);
-        }
+        let req = srv.request(Method::GET, srv.surl("/0")).send();
+        req.await.expect_err("should timeout on recv 1xx frame");
 
-        for &i in &[1] {
-            let req = srv
-                .request(Method::GET, srv.surl(&format!("/{}", i)))
-                .send();
-            let response = req.await.unwrap();
-            assert_eq!(response.headers().get(&header), None);
-        }
+        let req = srv.request(Method::GET, srv.surl("/1")).send();
+        let response = req.await.unwrap();
+        assert!(response.headers().get("content-length").is_none());
 
         for &i in &[2, 3] {
             let req = srv
                 .request(Method::GET, srv.surl(&format!("/{}", i)))
                 .send();
             let response = req.await.unwrap();
-            assert_eq!(response.headers().get(&header), Some(&value));
+            assert_eq!(response.headers().get("content-length"), Some(&VALUE));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/actix-http/tests/test_rustls.rs b/actix-http/tests/test_rustls.rs
index 924ef49ad..a9f6e99f8 100644
--- a/actix-http/tests/test_rustls.rs
+++ b/actix-http/tests/test_rustls.rs
@@ -26,10 +26,7 @@ use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
 use derive_more::{Display, Error};
 use futures_core::Stream;
 use futures_util::stream::{once, StreamExt as _};
-use rustls::{
-    Certificate, OwnedTrustAnchor, PrivateKey, RootCertStore,
-    ServerConfig as RustlsServerConfig, ServerName,
-};
+use rustls::{Certificate, PrivateKey, ServerConfig as RustlsServerConfig, ServerName};
 use rustls_pemfile::{certs, pkcs8_private_keys};
 
 async fn load_body<S>(mut stream: S) -> Result<BytesMut, PayloadError>
diff --git a/actix-router/Cargo.toml b/actix-router/Cargo.toml
index e32f0edd6..b95bca505 100644
--- a/actix-router/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-router/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ serde = "1"
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = { version = "0.3", features = ["html_reports"] }
 firestorm = { version = "0.4", features = ["enable_system_time"] }
-http = "0.2.3"
+http = "0.2.5"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 
 [[bench]]
diff --git a/actix-test/Cargo.toml b/actix-test/Cargo.toml
index 002e7662e..e375ec10c 100644
--- a/actix-test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-test/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ serde_json = "1"
 serde_urlencoded = "0.7"
 tls-openssl = { package = "openssl", version = "0.10.9", optional = true }
 tls-rustls = { package = "rustls", version = "0.20.0", optional = true }
+tokio = { version = "1.2", features = ["sync"] }
diff --git a/actix-test/src/lib.rs b/actix-test/src/lib.rs
index 23a7eeba1..e3b2a39e8 100644
--- a/actix-test/src/lib.rs
+++ b/actix-test/src/lib.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ extern crate tls_openssl as openssl;
 #[cfg(feature = "rustls")]
 extern crate tls_rustls as rustls;
 
-use std::{error::Error as StdError, fmt, net, sync::mpsc, thread, time};
+use std::{error::Error as StdError, fmt, net, thread, time::Duration};
 
 use actix_codec::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite, Framed};
 pub use actix_http::test::TestBuffer;
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ use actix_http::{
 };
 use actix_service::{map_config, IntoServiceFactory, ServiceFactory, ServiceFactoryExt as _};
 use actix_web::{
-    dev::{AppConfig, MessageBody, Server, Service},
-    rt, web, Error,
+    dev::{AppConfig, MessageBody, Server, ServerHandle, Service},
+    rt::{self, System},
+    web, Error,
 };
 use awc::{error::PayloadError, Client, ClientRequest, ClientResponse, Connector};
 use futures_core::Stream;
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ pub use actix_web::test::{
     call_service, default_service, init_service, load_stream, ok_service, read_body,
     read_body_json, read_response, read_response_json, TestRequest,
 };
+use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 
 /// Start default [`TestServer`].
 ///
@@ -128,7 +130,11 @@ where
     B: MessageBody + 'static,
     B::Error: Into<Box<dyn StdError>>,
 {
-    let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel();
+    // for sending handles and server info back from the spawned thread
+    let (started_tx, started_rx) = std::sync::mpsc::channel();
+
+    // for signaling the shutdown of spawned server and system
+    let (thread_stop_tx, thread_stop_rx) = mpsc::channel(1);
 
     let tls = match cfg.stream {
         StreamType::Tcp => false,
@@ -138,7 +144,7 @@ where
         StreamType::Rustls(_) => true,
     };
 
-    // run server in separate thread
+    // run server in separate orphaned thread
     thread::spawn(move || {
         let sys = rt::System::new();
         let tcp = net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").unwrap();
@@ -146,7 +152,7 @@ where
         let factory = factory.clone();
         let srv_cfg = cfg.clone();
         let timeout = cfg.client_timeout;
-        let builder = Server::build().workers(1).disable_signals();
+        let builder = Server::build().workers(1).disable_signals().system_exit();
 
         let srv = match srv_cfg.stream {
             StreamType::Tcp => match srv_cfg.tp {
@@ -275,17 +281,25 @@ where
                 }),
             },
         }
-        .unwrap();
+        .expect("test server could not be created");
 
-        sys.block_on(async {
-            let srv = srv.run();
-            tx.send((rt::System::current(), srv, local_addr)).unwrap();
-        });
+        let srv = srv.run();
+        started_tx
+            .send((System::current(), srv.handle(), local_addr))
+            .unwrap();
 
-        sys.run()
+        //
+        sys.block_on(srv).unwrap();
+
+        // start system event loop
+        sys.run().unwrap();
+
+        // notify TestServer that server and system have shut down
+        // all thread managed resources should be dropped at this point
+        let _ = thread_stop_tx.send(());
     });
 
-    let (system, server, addr) = rx.recv().unwrap();
+    let (system, server, addr) = started_rx.recv().unwrap();
 
     let client = {
         let connector = {
@@ -299,15 +313,15 @@ where
                     .set_alpn_protos(b"\x02h2\x08http/1.1")
                     .map_err(|e| log::error!("Can not set alpn protocol: {:?}", e));
                 Connector::new()
-                    .conn_lifetime(time::Duration::from_secs(0))
-                    .timeout(time::Duration::from_millis(30000))
+                    .conn_lifetime(Duration::from_secs(0))
+                    .timeout(Duration::from_millis(30000))
                     .ssl(builder.build())
             }
             #[cfg(not(feature = "openssl"))]
             {
                 Connector::new()
-                    .conn_lifetime(time::Duration::from_secs(0))
-                    .timeout(time::Duration::from_millis(30000))
+                    .conn_lifetime(Duration::from_secs(0))
+                    .timeout(Duration::from_millis(30000))
             }
         };
 
@@ -315,11 +329,12 @@ where
     };
 
     TestServer {
-        addr,
+        server,
+        thread_stop_rx,
         client,
         system,
+        addr,
         tls,
-        server,
     }
 }
 
@@ -405,11 +420,12 @@ impl TestServerConfig {
 ///
 /// See [`start`] for usage example.
 pub struct TestServer {
-    addr: net::SocketAddr,
+    server: ServerHandle,
+    thread_stop_rx: mpsc::Receiver<()>,
     client: awc::Client,
     system: rt::System,
+    addr: net::SocketAddr,
     tls: bool,
-    server: Server,
 }
 
 impl TestServer {
@@ -505,15 +521,30 @@ impl TestServer {
     }
 
     /// Gracefully stop HTTP server.
-    pub async fn stop(self) {
+    ///
+    /// Waits for spawned `Server` and `System` to shutdown gracefully.
+    pub async fn stop(mut self) {
+        // signal server to stop
         self.server.stop(true).await;
+
+        // also signal system to stop
+        // though this is handled by `ServerBuilder::exit_system` too
         self.system.stop();
-        rt::time::sleep(time::Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
+
+        // wait for thread to be stopped but don't care about result
+        let _ = self.thread_stop_rx.recv().await;
     }
 }
 
 impl Drop for TestServer {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
-        self.system.stop()
+        // calls in this Drop impl should be enough to shut down the server, system, and thread
+        // without needing to await anything
+
+        // signal server to stop
+        let _ = self.server.stop(true);
+
+        // signal system to stop
+        self.system.stop();
     }
 }
diff --git a/awc/Cargo.toml b/awc/Cargo.toml
index 6eeb9ce51..b9e47f509 100644
--- a/awc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/awc/Cargo.toml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ derive_more = "0.99.5"
 futures-core = { version = "0.3.7", default-features = false }
 futures-util = { version = "0.3.7", default-features = false }
 h2 = "0.3"
-http = "0.2"
+http = "0.2.5"
 itoa = "0.4"
 log =" 0.4"
 mime = "0.3"
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ actix-web = { version = "4.0.0-beta.10", features = ["openssl"] }
 actix-http = { version = "3.0.0-beta.11", features = ["openssl"] }
 actix-http-test = { version = "3.0.0-beta.5", features = ["openssl"] }
 actix-utils = "3.0.0"
-actix-server = "2.0.0-beta.3"
+actix-server = "2.0.0-beta.8"
 actix-tls = { version = "3.0.0-beta.7", features = ["openssl", "rustls"] }
 actix-test = { version = "0.1.0-beta.5", features = ["openssl", "rustls"] }
 
diff --git a/awc/src/client/connection.rs b/awc/src/client/connection.rs
index 97b96fc0a..6bbc9ad07 100644
--- a/awc/src/client/connection.rs
+++ b/awc/src/client/connection.rs
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ impl H2ConnectionInner {
 /// Cancel spawned connection task on drop.
 impl Drop for H2ConnectionInner {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
+        // TODO: this can end up sending extraneous requests; see if there is a better way to handle
         if self
             .sender
             .send_request(http::Request::new(()), true)
@@ -183,8 +184,8 @@ impl Drop for H2ConnectionInner {
     }
 }
 
+/// Unified connection type cover HTTP/1 Plain/TLS and HTTP/2 protocols.
 #[allow(dead_code)]
-/// Unified connection type cover Http1 Plain/Tls and Http2 protocols
 pub enum Connection<A, B = Box<dyn ConnectionIo>>
 where
     A: ConnectionIo,
diff --git a/awc/tests/test_rustls_client.rs b/awc/tests/test_rustls_client.rs
index c075a6090..355fcb6fb 100644
--- a/awc/tests/test_rustls_client.rs
+++ b/awc/tests/test_rustls_client.rs
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ use actix_utils::future::ok;
 use actix_web::{dev::AppConfig, http::Version, web, App, HttpResponse};
 use rustls::{
     client::{ServerCertVerified, ServerCertVerifier},
-    Certificate, ClientConfig, OwnedTrustAnchor, PrivateKey, RootCertStore, ServerConfig,
-    ServerName,
+    Certificate, ClientConfig, PrivateKey, ServerConfig, ServerName,
 };
 use rustls_pemfile::{certs, pkcs8_private_keys};
 
diff --git a/examples/on_connect.rs b/examples/on_connect.rs
index 24ac86c6b..9709835e6 100644
--- a/examples/on_connect.rs
+++ b/examples/on_connect.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use std::{any::Any, io, net::SocketAddr};
 
 use actix_web::{dev::Extensions, rt::net::TcpStream, web, App, HttpServer};
 
+#[allow(dead_code)]
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 struct ConnectionInfo {
     bind: SocketAddr,
diff --git a/src/dev.rs b/src/dev.rs
index be3af86a8..4fac207a7 100644
--- a/src/dev.rs
+++ b/src/dev.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pub use actix_http::body::{AnyBody, Body, BodySize, MessageBody, ResponseBody, S
 pub use actix_http::encoding::Decoder as Decompress;
 pub use actix_http::{Extensions, Payload, PayloadStream, RequestHead, Response, ResponseHead};
 pub use actix_router::{Path, ResourceDef, ResourcePath, Url};
-pub use actix_server::Server;
+pub use actix_server::{Server, ServerHandle};
 pub use actix_service::{
     always_ready, fn_factory, fn_service, forward_ready, Service, ServiceFactory, Transform,
 };
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index f15183f85..0f3d7c59a 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ where
     ///
     /// By default max connections is set to a 25k.
     pub fn max_connections(mut self, num: usize) -> Self {
-        self.builder = self.builder.maxconn(num);
+        self.builder = self.builder.max_concurrent_connections(num);
         self
     }
 
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ where
         self
     }
 
-    /// Stop actix system.
+    /// Stop Actix `System` after server shutdown.
     pub fn system_exit(mut self) -> Self {
         self.builder = self.builder.system_exit();
         self
diff --git a/tests/test_httpserver.rs b/tests/test_httpserver.rs
index 881c6ce94..887b51d41 100644
--- a/tests/test_httpserver.rs
+++ b/tests/test_httpserver.rs
@@ -14,57 +14,45 @@ async fn test_start() {
     let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel();
 
     thread::spawn(move || {
-        let sys = actix_rt::System::new();
+        actix_rt::System::new()
+            .block_on(async {
+                let srv = HttpServer::new(|| {
+                    App::new().service(
+                        web::resource("/").route(web::to(|| HttpResponse::Ok().body("test"))),
+                    )
+                })
+                .workers(1)
+                .backlog(1)
+                .max_connections(10)
+                .max_connection_rate(10)
+                .keep_alive(10)
+                .client_timeout(5000)
+                .client_shutdown(0)
+                .server_hostname("localhost")
+                .system_exit()
+                .disable_signals()
+                .bind(format!("{}", addr))
+                .unwrap()
+                .run();
 
-        sys.block_on(async {
-            let srv = HttpServer::new(|| {
-                App::new().service(
-                    web::resource("/").route(web::to(|| HttpResponse::Ok().body("test"))),
-                )
+                tx.send(srv.handle()).unwrap();
+
+                srv.await
             })
-            .workers(1)
-            .backlog(1)
-            .max_connections(10)
-            .max_connection_rate(10)
-            .keep_alive(10)
-            .client_timeout(5000)
-            .client_shutdown(0)
-            .server_hostname("localhost")
-            .system_exit()
-            .disable_signals()
-            .bind(format!("{}", addr))
-            .unwrap()
-            .run();
-
-            let _ = tx.send((srv, actix_rt::System::current()));
-        });
-
-        let _ = sys.run();
+            .unwrap();
     });
-    let (srv, sys) = rx.recv().unwrap();
 
-    #[cfg(feature = "client")]
-    {
-        use actix_http::client;
+    let srv = rx.recv().unwrap();
 
-        let client = awc::Client::builder()
-            .connector(
-                client::Connector::new()
-                    .timeout(Duration::from_millis(100))
-                    .finish(),
-            )
-            .finish();
+    let client = awc::Client::builder()
+        .connector(awc::Connector::new().timeout(Duration::from_millis(100)))
+        .finish();
 
-        let host = format!("http://{}", addr);
-        let response = client.get(host.clone()).send().await.unwrap();
-        assert!(response.status().is_success());
-    }
+    let host = format!("http://{}", addr);
+    let response = client.get(host.clone()).send().await.unwrap();
+    assert!(response.status().is_success());
 
-    // stop
-    let _ = srv.stop(false);
-
-    thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
-    let _ = sys.stop();
+    srv.stop(false).await;
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "openssl")]
@@ -92,37 +80,38 @@ fn ssl_acceptor() -> openssl::ssl::SslAcceptorBuilder {
 #[cfg(feature = "openssl")]
 async fn test_start_ssl() {
     use actix_web::HttpRequest;
+    use openssl::ssl::{SslConnector, SslMethod, SslVerifyMode};
 
     let addr = actix_test::unused_addr();
     let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel();
 
     thread::spawn(move || {
-        let sys = actix_rt::System::new();
-        let builder = ssl_acceptor();
+        actix_rt::System::new()
+            .block_on(async {
+                let builder = ssl_acceptor();
 
-        let srv = HttpServer::new(|| {
-            App::new().service(web::resource("/").route(web::to(|req: HttpRequest| {
-                assert!(req.app_config().secure());
-                HttpResponse::Ok().body("test")
-            })))
-        })
-        .workers(1)
-        .shutdown_timeout(1)
-        .system_exit()
-        .disable_signals()
-        .bind_openssl(format!("{}", addr), builder)
-        .unwrap();
+                let srv = HttpServer::new(|| {
+                    App::new().service(web::resource("/").route(web::to(|req: HttpRequest| {
+                        assert!(req.app_config().secure());
+                        HttpResponse::Ok().body("test")
+                    })))
+                })
+                .workers(1)
+                .shutdown_timeout(1)
+                .system_exit()
+                .disable_signals()
+                .bind_openssl(format!("{}", addr), builder)
+                .unwrap();
 
-        sys.block_on(async {
-            let srv = srv.run();
-            let _ = tx.send((srv, actix_rt::System::current()));
-        });
+                let srv = srv.run();
+                tx.send(srv.handle()).unwrap();
 
-        let _ = sys.run();
+                srv.await
+            })
+            .unwrap()
     });
-    let (srv, sys) = rx.recv().unwrap();
+    let srv = rx.recv().unwrap();
 
-    use openssl::ssl::{SslConnector, SslMethod, SslVerifyMode};
     let mut builder = SslConnector::builder(SslMethod::tls()).unwrap();
     builder.set_verify(SslVerifyMode::NONE);
     let _ = builder
@@ -141,9 +130,5 @@ async fn test_start_ssl() {
     let response = client.get(host.clone()).send().await.unwrap();
     assert!(response.status().is_success());
 
-    // stop
-    let _ = srv.stop(false);
-
-    thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
-    let _ = sys.stop();
+    srv.stop(false).await;
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_server.rs b/tests/test_server.rs
index ff6f5ae5e..b2a59e84c 100644
--- a/tests/test_server.rs
+++ b/tests/test_server.rs
@@ -1030,6 +1030,8 @@ async fn test_normalize() {
 
     let response = srv.get("/one/").send().await.unwrap();
     assert!(response.status().is_success());
+
+    srv.stop().await
 }
 
 // allow deprecated App::data