diff --git a/testdata/fetch.ts b/testdata/fetch.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 24d4139039..0000000000
--- a/testdata/fetch.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-
-const request = async () => {
-  const response = await fetch('http://localhost:4545/package.json');
-  const json = await response.json();
-  console.log("expect deno:", json.name);
-  if (json.name !== "deno") {
-    throw Error("bad value" + json.name);
-  }
-}
-
-request();
-console.log("fetch started");
diff --git a/testdata/fetch.ts.out b/testdata/fetch.ts.out
deleted file mode 100644
index b8ca9c5982..0000000000
--- a/testdata/fetch.ts.out
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-fetch started
-expect deno: deno
diff --git a/tests.ts b/tests.ts
index 59aeafcf83..702f6406d4 100644
--- a/tests.ts
+++ b/tests.ts
@@ -20,3 +20,9 @@ test(async function tests_readFileSync() {
   const pkg = JSON.parse(json);
   assertEqual(pkg.name, "deno");
 });
+
+test(async function tests_fetch() {
+  const response = await fetch('http://localhost:4545/package.json');
+  const json = await response.json();
+  assertEqual(json.name, "deno");
+});