diff --git a/test/common/index.js b/test/common/index.js
index 07ef0e65b8e..1f9c1d7822b 100644
--- a/test/common/index.js
+++ b/test/common/index.js
@@ -851,12 +851,3 @@ exports.hijackStdout = hijackStdWritable.bind(null, 'stdout');
 exports.hijackStderr = hijackStdWritable.bind(null, 'stderr');
 exports.restoreStdout = restoreWritable.bind(null, 'stdout');
 exports.restoreStderr = restoreWritable.bind(null, 'stderr');
-
-let fd = 2;
-exports.firstInvalidFD = function firstInvalidFD() {
-  // Get first known bad file descriptor.
-  try {
-    while (fs.fstatSync(++fd));
-  } catch (e) {}
-  return fd;
-};
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http2-respond-file-fd-invalid.js b/test/parallel/test-http2-respond-file-fd-invalid.js
index 77a4d3df00d..5dbb42e4788 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http2-respond-file-fd-invalid.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http2-respond-file-fd-invalid.js
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 const common = require('../common');
 if (!common.hasCrypto)
   common.skip('missing crypto');
-const http2 = require('http2');
+
 const assert = require('assert');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const http2 = require('http2');
 
 const {
   NGHTTP2_INTERNAL_ERROR
@@ -18,7 +20,16 @@ const errorCheck = common.expectsError({
 
 const server = http2.createServer();
 server.on('stream', (stream) => {
-  stream.respondWithFD(common.firstInvalidFD());
+  let fd = 2;
+
+  // Get first known bad file descriptor.
+  try {
+    while (fs.fstatSync(++fd));
+  } catch (e) {
+    // do nothing; we now have an invalid fd
+  }
+
+  stream.respondWithFD(fd);
   stream.on('error', common.mustCall(errorCheck));
 });
 server.listen(0, () => {