diff --git a/cli/js/tests/net_test.ts b/cli/js/tests/net_test.ts
index 788203b5a2aa99..2c077c102f12aa 100644
--- a/cli/js/tests/net_test.ts
+++ b/cli/js/tests/net_test.ts
@@ -3,16 +3,14 @@ import {
   unitTest,
   assert,
   assertEquals,
-  createResolvable,
-  randomPort
+  createResolvable
 } from "./test_util.ts";
 
 unitTest({ perms: { net: true } }, function netTcpListenClose(): void {
-  const port = randomPort();
-  const listener = Deno.listen({ hostname: "127.0.0.1", port });
+  const listener = Deno.listen({ hostname: "127.0.0.1", port: 4500 });
   assert(listener.addr.transport === "tcp");
   assertEquals(listener.addr.hostname, "127.0.0.1");
-  assertEquals(listener.addr.port, port);
+  assertEquals(listener.addr.port, 4500);
   listener.close();
 });
 
@@ -23,15 +21,14 @@ unitTest(
     ignore: Deno.build.os === "win"
   },
   function netUdpListenClose(): void {
-    const port = randomPort();
     const socket = Deno.listen({
       hostname: "127.0.0.1",
-      port,
+      port: 4500,
       transport: "udp"
     });
     assert(socket.addr.transport === "udp");
     assertEquals(socket.addr.hostname, "127.0.0.1");
-    assertEquals(socket.addr.port, port);
+    assertEquals(socket.addr.port, 4500);
     socket.close();
   }
 );
@@ -69,8 +66,7 @@ unitTest(
     perms: { net: true }
   },
   async function netTcpCloseWhileAccept(): Promise<void> {
-    const port = randomPort();
-    const listener = Deno.listen({ port });
+    const listener = Deno.listen({ port: 4501 });
     const p = listener.accept();
     listener.close();
     let err;
@@ -110,8 +106,7 @@ unitTest(
 unitTest(
   { perms: { net: true } },
   async function netTcpConcurrentAccept(): Promise<void> {
-    const port = randomPort();
-    const listener = Deno.listen({ port });
+    const listener = Deno.listen({ port: 4502 });
     let acceptErrCount = 0;
     const checkErr = (e: Error): void => {
       if (e.message === "Listener has been closed") {
@@ -159,22 +154,22 @@ unitTest(
 unitTest({ perms: { net: true } }, async function netTcpDialListen(): Promise<
   void
 > {
-  const port = randomPort();
-  const listener = Deno.listen({ port });
+  const listener = Deno.listen({ port: 4500 });
   listener.accept().then(
     async (conn): Promise<void> => {
       assert(conn.remoteAddr != null);
       assert(conn.localAddr.transport === "tcp");
       assertEquals(conn.localAddr.hostname, "127.0.0.1");
-      assertEquals(conn.localAddr.port, port);
+      assertEquals(conn.localAddr.port, 4500);
       await conn.write(new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3]));
       conn.close();
     }
   );
-  const conn = await Deno.connect({ hostname: "127.0.0.1", port });
+
+  const conn = await Deno.connect({ hostname: "127.0.0.1", port: 4500 });
   assert(conn.remoteAddr.transport === "tcp");
   assertEquals(conn.remoteAddr.hostname, "127.0.0.1");
-  assertEquals(conn.remoteAddr.port, port);
+  assertEquals(conn.remoteAddr.port, 4500);
   assert(conn.localAddr != null);
   const buf = new Uint8Array(1024);
   const readResult = await conn.read(buf);
@@ -232,16 +227,14 @@ unitTest(
 unitTest(
   { ignore: Deno.build.os === "win", perms: { net: true } },
   async function netUdpSendReceive(): Promise<void> {
-    const alicePort = randomPort();
-    const alice = Deno.listen({ port: alicePort, transport: "udp" });
+    const alice = Deno.listen({ port: 4500, transport: "udp" });
     assert(alice.addr.transport === "udp");
-    assertEquals(alice.addr.port, alicePort);
+    assertEquals(alice.addr.port, 4500);
     assertEquals(alice.addr.hostname, "127.0.0.1");
 
-    const bobPort = randomPort();
-    const bob = Deno.listen({ port: bobPort, transport: "udp" });
+    const bob = Deno.listen({ port: 4501, transport: "udp" });
     assert(bob.addr.transport === "udp");
-    assertEquals(bob.addr.port, bobPort);
+    assertEquals(bob.addr.port, 4501);
     assertEquals(bob.addr.hostname, "127.0.0.1");
 
     const sent = new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3]);
@@ -249,7 +242,7 @@ unitTest(
 
     const [recvd, remote] = await bob.receive();
     assert(remote.transport === "udp");
-    assertEquals(remote.port, alicePort);
+    assertEquals(remote.port, 4500);
     assertEquals(recvd.length, 3);
     assertEquals(1, recvd[0]);
     assertEquals(2, recvd[1]);
@@ -289,8 +282,7 @@ unitTest(
 unitTest(
   { perms: { net: true } },
   async function netTcpListenCloseWhileIterating(): Promise<void> {
-    const port = randomPort();
-    const listener = Deno.listen({ port });
+    const listener = Deno.listen({ port: 8000 });
     const nextWhileClosing = listener[Symbol.asyncIterator]().next();
     listener.close();
     assertEquals(await nextWhileClosing, { value: undefined, done: true });
@@ -303,8 +295,7 @@ unitTest(
 unitTest(
   { ignore: Deno.build.os === "win", perms: { net: true } },
   async function netUdpListenCloseWhileIterating(): Promise<void> {
-    const port = randomPort();
-    const socket = Deno.listen({ port, transport: "udp" });
+    const socket = Deno.listen({ port: 8000, transport: "udp" });
     const nextWhileClosing = socket[Symbol.asyncIterator]().next();
     socket.close();
     assertEquals(await nextWhileClosing, { value: undefined, done: true });
@@ -349,8 +340,7 @@ unitTest(
     perms: { net: true }
   },
   async function netListenAsyncIterator(): Promise<void> {
-    const port = randomPort();
-    const addr = { hostname: "127.0.0.1", port };
+    const addr = { hostname: "127.0.0.1", port: 4500 };
     const listener = Deno.listen(addr);
     const runAsyncIterator = async (): Promise<void> => {
       for await (const conn of listener) {
@@ -385,8 +375,7 @@ unitTest(
     perms: { net: true }
   },
   async function netCloseReadSuccess() {
-    const port = randomPort();
-    const addr = { hostname: "127.0.0.1", port };
+    const addr = { hostname: "127.0.0.1", port: 4500 };
     const listener = Deno.listen(addr);
     const closeDeferred = createResolvable();
     const closeReadDeferred = createResolvable();
@@ -423,8 +412,7 @@ unitTest(
     perms: { net: true }
   },
   async function netDoubleCloseRead() {
-    const port = randomPort();
-    const addr = { hostname: "127.0.0.1", port };
+    const addr = { hostname: "127.0.0.1", port: 4500 };
     const listener = Deno.listen(addr);
     const closeDeferred = createResolvable();
     listener.accept().then(async conn => {
@@ -456,8 +444,7 @@ unitTest(
     perms: { net: true }
   },
   async function netCloseWriteSuccess() {
-    const port = randomPort();
-    const addr = { hostname: "127.0.0.1", port };
+    const addr = { hostname: "127.0.0.1", port: 4500 };
     const listener = Deno.listen(addr);
     const closeDeferred = createResolvable();
     listener.accept().then(async conn => {
@@ -496,8 +483,7 @@ unitTest(
     perms: { net: true }
   },
   async function netDoubleCloseWrite() {
-    const port = randomPort();
-    const addr = { hostname: "127.0.0.1", port };
+    const addr = { hostname: "127.0.0.1", port: 4500 };
     const listener = Deno.listen(addr);
     const closeDeferred = createResolvable();
     listener.accept().then(async conn => {
@@ -549,8 +535,8 @@ unitTest(
 
       resolvable.resolve();
     }
-    const port = randomPort();
-    const addr = { hostname: "127.0.0.1", port };
+
+    const addr = { hostname: "127.0.0.1", port: 4500 };
     const listener = Deno.listen(addr);
     iteratorReq(listener);
     const conn = await Deno.connect(addr);
diff --git a/cli/js/tests/test_util.ts b/cli/js/tests/test_util.ts
index 347a2204e89deb..980d32bac403b6 100644
--- a/cli/js/tests/test_util.ts
+++ b/cli/js/tests/test_util.ts
@@ -359,21 +359,3 @@ unitTest(
     });
   }
 );
-function* portIterator(): IterableIterator<number> {
-  // use 49152 ~ 55000 for js/cli (rest are for std)
-  let i = 49152;
-  while (true) {
-    yield i;
-    i++;
-    if (i > 55000) {
-      i = 55000;
-    }
-  }
-}
-const it = portIterator();
-/** Obtain (maybe) safe port number for net tests */
-export function randomPort(): number {
-  const { value } = it.next();
-  assert(value != null);
-  return value;
-}
diff --git a/cli/js/tests/tls_test.ts b/cli/js/tests/tls_test.ts
index 2e6e5afc96eb18..20dd62f9b1ef96 100644
--- a/cli/js/tests/tls_test.ts
+++ b/cli/js/tests/tls_test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import {
   assert,
   assertEquals,
-  randomPort,
   createResolvable,
   unitTest
 } from "./test_util.ts";
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ unitTest(
     let err;
     const options = {
       hostname: "localhost",
-      port: randomPort(),
+      port: 4500,
       certFile: "cli/tests/tls/localhost.crt",
       keyFile: "cli/tests/tls/localhost.key"
     };
@@ -73,11 +72,10 @@ unitTest(
 
 unitTest({ perms: { net: true } }, function listenTLSNoReadPerm(): void {
   let err;
-  const port = randomPort();
   try {
     Deno.listenTLS({
       hostname: "localhost",
-      port,
+      port: 4500,
       certFile: "cli/tests/tls/localhost.crt",
       keyFile: "cli/tests/tls/localhost.key"
     });
@@ -96,7 +94,7 @@ unitTest(
     let err;
     const options = {
       hostname: "localhost",
-      port: randomPort(),
+      port: 4500,
       certFile: "cli/tests/tls/localhost.crt",
       keyFile: "cli/tests/tls/localhost.key"
     };
@@ -125,7 +123,7 @@ unitTest(
     let err;
     const options = {
       hostname: "localhost",
-      port: randomPort(),
+      port: 4500,
       certFile: "cli/tests/tls/localhost.crt",
       keyFile: "cli/tests/tls/localhost.key"
     };
@@ -153,7 +151,7 @@ unitTest(
   async function dialAndListenTLS(): Promise<void> {
     const resolvable = createResolvable();
     const hostname = "localhost";
-    const port = randomPort();
+    const port = 4500;
 
     const listener = Deno.listenTLS({
       hostname,
diff --git a/std/examples/chat/server.ts b/std/examples/chat/server.ts
index d28f9f43fc324e..08aede05bbc6d4 100644
--- a/std/examples/chat/server.ts
+++ b/std/examples/chat/server.ts
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ async function wsHandler(ws: WebSocket): Promise<void> {
   }
 }
 
-const addr = Deno.args[0] ?? "127.0.0.1:8080";
-
-listenAndServe(addr, async req => {
+listenAndServe({ port: 8080 }, async req => {
   if (req.method === "GET" && req.url === "/") {
     //Serve with hack
     const u = new URL("./index.html", import.meta.url);
@@ -77,4 +75,4 @@ listenAndServe(addr, async req => {
     }
   }
 });
-console.log(`chat server starting on ${addr}....`);
+console.log("chat server starting on :8080....");
diff --git a/std/examples/chat/server_test.ts b/std/examples/chat/server_test.ts
index e09771e5208c6a..13a5c337c18ef5 100644
--- a/std/examples/chat/server_test.ts
+++ b/std/examples/chat/server_test.ts
@@ -3,22 +3,13 @@ import { assert, assertEquals } from "../../testing/asserts.ts";
 import { TextProtoReader } from "../../textproto/mod.ts";
 import { BufReader } from "../../io/bufio.ts";
 import { connectWebSocket, WebSocket } from "../../ws/mod.ts";
-import { randomPort } from "../../http/test_util.ts";
 import { delay } from "../../util/async.ts";
 
-const port = randomPort();
-
 const { test, build } = Deno;
 
 async function startServer(): Promise<Deno.Process> {
   const server = Deno.run({
-    cmd: [
-      Deno.execPath(),
-      "--allow-net",
-      "--allow-read",
-      "server.ts",
-      `127.0.0.1:${port}`
-    ],
+    cmd: [Deno.execPath(), "--allow-net", "--allow-read", "server.ts"],
     cwd: "examples/chat",
     stdout: "piped"
   });
@@ -44,7 +35,7 @@ test({
   async fn() {
     const server = await startServer();
     try {
-      const resp = await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${port}/`);
+      const resp = await fetch("http://127.0.0.1:8080/");
       assertEquals(resp.status, 200);
       assertEquals(resp.headers.get("content-type"), "text/html");
       const html = await resp.body.text();
@@ -64,7 +55,7 @@ test({
     const server = await startServer();
     let ws: WebSocket | undefined;
     try {
-      ws = await connectWebSocket(`http://127.0.0.1:${port}/ws`);
+      ws = await connectWebSocket("http://127.0.0.1:8080/ws");
       const it = ws.receive();
       assertEquals((await it.next()).value, "Connected: [1]");
       ws.send("Hello");
diff --git a/std/examples/echo_server.ts b/std/examples/echo_server.ts
index cdd98fea7244be..dbcc9b5aead8b5 100644
--- a/std/examples/echo_server.ts
+++ b/std/examples/echo_server.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2020 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 const hostname = "0.0.0.0";
-const port = +(Deno.args[0] ?? "8080");
+const port = 8080;
 const listener = Deno.listen({ hostname, port });
 console.log(`Listening on ${hostname}:${port}`);
 for await (const conn of listener) {
diff --git a/std/examples/tests/curl_test.ts b/std/examples/tests/curl_test.ts
index 3e3d4f78a94e2c..8d7634525363a9 100644
--- a/std/examples/tests/curl_test.ts
+++ b/std/examples/tests/curl_test.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2020 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 import { serve } from "../../http/server.ts";
 import { assertStrictEq } from "../../testing/asserts.ts";
-import { randomPort } from "../../http/test_util.ts";
 
-const port = randomPort();
 Deno.test({
   name: "[examples/curl] send a request to a specified url",
   fn: async () => {
-    const server = serve({ port });
+    const server = serve({ port: 8081 });
     const serverPromise = (async (): Promise<void> => {
       for await (const req of server) {
         req.respond({ body: "Hello world" });
@@ -16,12 +14,7 @@ Deno.test({
 
     const decoder = new TextDecoder();
     const process = Deno.run({
-      cmd: [
-        Deno.execPath(),
-        "--allow-net",
-        "curl.ts",
-        "http://localhost:" + port
-      ],
+      cmd: [Deno.execPath(), "--allow-net", "curl.ts", "http://localhost:8081"],
       cwd: "examples",
       stdout: "piped"
     });
diff --git a/std/examples/tests/echo_server_test.ts b/std/examples/tests/echo_server_test.ts
index 164f65357ab03f..dd73360232ce80 100644
--- a/std/examples/tests/echo_server_test.ts
+++ b/std/examples/tests/echo_server_test.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2020 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 import { assertStrictEq, assertNotEquals } from "../../testing/asserts.ts";
 import { BufReader, ReadLineResult } from "../../io/bufio.ts";
-import { randomPort } from "../../http/test_util.ts";
-const port = randomPort();
 
 Deno.test("[examples/echo_server]", async () => {
   const encoder = new TextEncoder();
   const decoder = new TextDecoder();
   const process = Deno.run({
-    cmd: [Deno.execPath(), "--allow-net", "echo_server.ts", `${port}`],
+    cmd: [Deno.execPath(), "--allow-net", "echo_server.ts"],
     cwd: "examples",
     stdout: "piped"
   });
@@ -21,10 +19,10 @@ Deno.test("[examples/echo_server]", async () => {
     assertNotEquals(message, Deno.EOF);
     assertStrictEq(
       decoder.decode((message as ReadLineResult).line).trim(),
-      "Listening on 0.0.0.0:" + port
+      "Listening on 0.0.0.0:8080"
     );
 
-    conn = await Deno.connect({ hostname: "127.0.0.1", port });
+    conn = await Deno.connect({ hostname: "127.0.0.1", port: 8080 });
     const connReader = new BufReader(conn);
 
     await conn.write(encoder.encode("Hello echo_server\n"));
diff --git a/std/http/file_server_test.ts b/std/http/file_server_test.ts
index d7f939dad85dfb..fcf776ea29e654 100644
--- a/std/http/file_server_test.ts
+++ b/std/http/file_server_test.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
 import { assert, assertEquals, assertStrContains } from "../testing/asserts.ts";
 import { BufReader } from "../io/bufio.ts";
 import { TextProtoReader } from "../textproto/mod.ts";
-import { randomPort } from "./test_util.ts";
 const { test } = Deno;
 let fileServer: Deno.Process;
 
-const port = randomPort();
 async function startFileServer(): Promise<void> {
   fileServer = Deno.run({
     cmd: [
@@ -16,9 +14,7 @@ async function startFileServer(): Promise<void> {
       "--allow-net",
       "http/file_server.ts",
       ".",
-      "--cors",
-      "--port",
-      `${port}`
+      "--cors"
     ],
     stdout: "piped",
     stderr: "null"
@@ -38,7 +34,7 @@ function killFileServer(): void {
 test(async function serveFile(): Promise<void> {
   await startFileServer();
   try {
-    const res = await fetch(`http://localhost:${port}/README.md`);
+    const res = await fetch("http://localhost:4500/README.md");
     assert(res.headers.has("access-control-allow-origin"));
     assert(res.headers.has("access-control-allow-headers"));
     assert(res.headers.has("content-type"));
@@ -56,7 +52,7 @@ test(async function serveFile(): Promise<void> {
 test(async function serveDirectory(): Promise<void> {
   await startFileServer();
   try {
-    const res = await fetch(`http://localhost:${port}/`);
+    const res = await fetch("http://localhost:4500/");
     assert(res.headers.has("access-control-allow-origin"));
     assert(res.headers.has("access-control-allow-headers"));
     const page = await res.text();
@@ -78,7 +74,7 @@ test(async function serveDirectory(): Promise<void> {
 test(async function serveFallback(): Promise<void> {
   await startFileServer();
   try {
-    const res = await fetch(`http://localhost:${port}/badfile.txt`);
+    const res = await fetch("http://localhost:4500/badfile.txt");
     assert(res.headers.has("access-control-allow-origin"));
     assert(res.headers.has("access-control-allow-headers"));
     assertEquals(res.status, 404);
@@ -91,12 +87,12 @@ test(async function serveFallback(): Promise<void> {
 test(async function serveWithUnorthodoxFilename(): Promise<void> {
   await startFileServer();
   try {
-    let res = await fetch(`http://localhost:${port}/http/testdata/%`);
+    let res = await fetch("http://localhost:4500/http/testdata/%");
     assert(res.headers.has("access-control-allow-origin"));
     assert(res.headers.has("access-control-allow-headers"));
     assertEquals(res.status, 200);
     res.body.close();
-    res = await fetch(`http://localhost:${port}/http/testdata/test%20file.txt`);
+    res = await fetch("http://localhost:4500/http/testdata/test%20file.txt");
     assert(res.headers.has("access-control-allow-origin"));
     assert(res.headers.has("access-control-allow-headers"));
     assertEquals(res.status, 200);
@@ -107,16 +103,8 @@ test(async function serveWithUnorthodoxFilename(): Promise<void> {
 });
 
 test(async function servePermissionDenied(): Promise<void> {
-  const _port = randomPort();
   const deniedServer = Deno.run({
-    cmd: [
-      Deno.execPath(),
-      "run",
-      "--allow-net",
-      "http/file_server.ts",
-      "-p",
-      `${_port}`
-    ],
+    cmd: [Deno.execPath(), "run", "--allow-net", "http/file_server.ts"],
     stdout: "piped",
     stderr: "piped"
   });
@@ -128,7 +116,7 @@ test(async function servePermissionDenied(): Promise<void> {
   assert(s !== Deno.EOF && s.includes("server listening"));
 
   try {
-    const res = await fetch(`http://localhost:${_port}/`);
+    const res = await fetch("http://localhost:4500/");
     res.body.close();
     assertStrContains(
       (await errReader.readLine()) as string,
diff --git a/std/http/http_bench.ts b/std/http/http_bench.ts
index 060d0ad881af26..9d191283170cd0 100644
--- a/std/http/http_bench.ts
+++ b/std/http/http_bench.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2020 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 import { serve } from "./server.ts";
-import { randomPort } from "./test_util.ts";
 
-const addr = Deno.args[0] || "127.0.0.1:" + randomPort();
+const addr = Deno.args[0] || "127.0.0.1:4500";
 const server = serve(addr);
 const body = new TextEncoder().encode("Hello World");
 
diff --git a/std/http/racing_server.ts b/std/http/racing_server.ts
index 693531a7fb7e5b..0b0e5a8a5652af 100644
--- a/std/http/racing_server.ts
+++ b/std/http/racing_server.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import { serve, ServerRequest } from "./server.ts";
 import { delay } from "../util/async.ts";
 
-const addr = Deno.args[0] || "127.0.0.1:4501";
+const addr = Deno.args[1] || "127.0.0.1:4501";
 const server = serve(addr);
 
 function body(i: number): string {
diff --git a/std/http/racing_server_test.ts b/std/http/racing_server_test.ts
index 76b0e872d4693b..865777599fe611 100644
--- a/std/http/racing_server_test.ts
+++ b/std/http/racing_server_test.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,12 @@
 import { assert, assertEquals } from "../testing/asserts.ts";
 import { BufReader, BufWriter } from "../io/bufio.ts";
 import { TextProtoReader } from "../textproto/mod.ts";
-import { randomPort } from "./test_util.ts";
-const port = randomPort();
 const { connect, run, test } = Deno;
 
 let server: Deno.Process;
 async function startServer(): Promise<void> {
   server = run({
-    cmd: [
-      Deno.execPath(),
-      "run",
-      "-A",
-      "http/racing_server.ts",
-      "127.0.0.1:" + port
-    ],
+    cmd: [Deno.execPath(), "run", "-A", "http/racing_server.ts"],
     stdout: "piped"
   });
   // Once racing server is ready it will write to its stdout.
@@ -69,7 +61,7 @@ Step7
 test(async function serverPipelineRace(): Promise<void> {
   await startServer();
 
-  const conn = await connect({ port });
+  const conn = await connect({ port: 4501 });
   const r = new TextProtoReader(new BufReader(conn));
   const w = new BufWriter(conn);
   await w.write(new TextEncoder().encode(input));
diff --git a/std/http/server_test.ts b/std/http/server_test.ts
index d9ce3ba970849a..f66b190b266996 100644
--- a/std/http/server_test.ts
+++ b/std/http/server_test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import { BufReader, BufWriter } from "../io/bufio.ts";
 import { delay } from "../util/async.ts";
 import { encode, decode } from "../strings/mod.ts";
 import { mockConn } from "./mock.ts";
-import { randomPort } from "./test_util.ts";
 
 const { Buffer, test } = Deno;
 
@@ -356,14 +355,8 @@ test({
   ignore: true,
   fn: async (): Promise<void> => {
     // Runs a simple server as another process
-    const port = randomPort();
     const p = Deno.run({
-      cmd: [
-        Deno.execPath(),
-        "--allow-net",
-        "http/testdata/simple_server.ts",
-        `${port}`
-      ],
+      cmd: [Deno.execPath(), "--allow-net", "http/testdata/simple_server.ts"],
       stdout: "piped"
     });
 
@@ -402,15 +395,13 @@ test({
   // FIXME(bartlomieju): hangs on windows, cause can't do `Deno.kill`
   ignore: true,
   fn: async (): Promise<void> => {
-    const port = randomPort();
     // Runs a simple server as another process
     const p = Deno.run({
       cmd: [
         Deno.execPath(),
         "--allow-net",
         "--allow-read",
-        "http/testdata/simple_https_server.ts",
-        `${port}`
+        "http/testdata/simple_https_server.ts"
       ],
       stdout: "piped"
     });
@@ -422,6 +413,7 @@ test({
         serverIsRunning = false;
       })
       .catch((_): void => {}); // Ignores the error when closing the process.
+
     try {
       const r = new TextProtoReader(new BufReader(p.stdout!));
       const s = await r.readLine();
@@ -432,7 +424,7 @@ test({
       // Requests to the server and immediately closes the connection
       const conn = await Deno.connectTLS({
         hostname: "localhost",
-        port,
+        port: 4503,
         certFile: "http/testdata/tls/RootCA.pem"
       });
       await Deno.writeAll(
@@ -456,7 +448,7 @@ test({
 });
 
 test("close server while iterating", async (): Promise<void> => {
-  const server = serve({ port: randomPort() });
+  const server = serve(":8123");
   const nextWhileClosing = server[Symbol.asyncIterator]().next();
   server.close();
   assertEquals(await nextWhileClosing, { value: undefined, done: true });
@@ -499,9 +491,8 @@ test({
 test({
   name: "respond error closes connection",
   async fn(): Promise<void> {
-    const port = randomPort();
     const serverRoutine = async (): Promise<void> => {
-      const server = serve(":" + port);
+      const server = serve(":8124");
       // @ts-ignore
       for await (const req of server) {
         await assertThrowsAsync(async () => {
@@ -518,7 +509,7 @@ test({
     const p = serverRoutine();
     const conn = await Deno.connect({
       hostname: "127.0.0.1",
-      port
+      port: 8124
     });
     await Deno.writeAll(
       conn,
diff --git a/std/http/test_util.ts b/std/http/test_util.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c86a339a7f7ff0..00000000000000
--- a/std/http/test_util.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-import { assert } from "../testing/asserts.ts";
-
-function* portIterator(): IterableIterator<number> {
-  // use 55001 ~ 65535 (rest (49152~55000) are for cli/js)
-  let i = 55001;
-  while (true) {
-    yield i;
-    i++;
-    if (i > 65535) {
-      i = 55001;
-    }
-  }
-}
-const it = portIterator();
-/** Obtain (maybe) safe port number for net tests */
-export function randomPort(): number {
-  const { value } = it.next();
-  assert(value != null);
-  return value;
-}
diff --git a/std/http/testdata/simple_https_server.ts b/std/http/testdata/simple_https_server.ts
index 9e30456098f81e..9330b4172bbdde 100644
--- a/std/http/testdata/simple_https_server.ts
+++ b/std/http/testdata/simple_https_server.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 // This is an example of a https server
 import { serveTLS } from "../server.ts";
 
-const port = parseInt(Deno.args[0] || "4503");
 const tlsOptions = {
   hostname: "localhost",
-  port,
+  port: 4503,
   certFile: "./http/testdata/tls/localhost.crt",
   keyFile: "./http/testdata/tls/localhost.key"
 };
diff --git a/std/http/testdata/simple_server.ts b/std/http/testdata/simple_server.ts
index 05f169705a4270..d8ca4cc97bd72e 100644
--- a/std/http/testdata/simple_server.ts
+++ b/std/http/testdata/simple_server.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 // This is an example of a server that responds with an empty body
 import { serve } from "../server.ts";
 
-const port = parseInt(Deno.args[0] || "4502");
-const addr: Deno.ListenOptions = { port };
-console.log(`Simple server listening on ${port}`);
+const addr = "0.0.0.0:4502";
+console.log(`Simple server listening on ${addr}`);
 for await (const req of serve(addr)) {
   req.respond({});
 }