diff --git a/OpenSSL/test/test_ssl.py b/OpenSSL/test/test_ssl.py
index ead2503..e586537 100644
--- a/OpenSSL/test/test_ssl.py
+++ b/OpenSSL/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
     # Most of our callers want non-blocking sockets, make it easy for them.
     server.setblocking(False)
     client.setblocking(False)
-    port.close()
+
     return (server, client)