diff --git a/client_test.go b/client_test.go
index 8ec55f0..4de3d50 100644
--- a/client_test.go
+++ b/client_test.go
@@ -1268,90 +1268,6 @@ func TestHTTPClientWithZStandardDictionary(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestHTTPClientConnectionClosedEarly(t *testing.T) {
-	var (
-		rotatorSettings = NewRotatorSettings()
-		errWg           sync.WaitGroup
-		err             error
-	)
-
-	// init test HTTP endpoint
-	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		fileBytes, err := os.ReadFile(path.Join("testdata", "2MB.jpg"))
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatal(err)
-		}
-
-		time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
-
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-		w.Write(fileBytes)
-	}))
-	defer server.Close()
-
-	rotatorSettings.OutputDirectory, err = os.MkdirTemp("", "warc-tests-")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(rotatorSettings.OutputDirectory)
-
-	rotatorSettings.Prefix = "TESTEARLYCLOSE"
-	rotatorSettings.Compression = "GZIP"
-
-	// init the HTTP client responsible for recording HTTP(s) requests / responses
-	httpClient, err := NewWARCWritingHTTPClient(HTTPClientSettings{
-		RotatorSettings: rotatorSettings,
-		TempDir:         rotatorSettings.OutputDirectory + "/temp",
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Unable to init WARC writing HTTP client: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	httpClient.Timeout = 1 * time.Second
-
-	errWg.Add(1)
-	go func() {
-		defer errWg.Done()
-		for err := range httpClient.ErrChan {
-			t.Errorf("Error writing to WARC: %s", err.Err.Error())
-		}
-	}()
-
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", server.URL, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	resp, err := httpClient.Do(req)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
-
-	io.Copy(io.Discard, resp.Body)
-
-	httpClient.Close()
-
-	// Check if there are any file left in the temp directory
-	files, err := filepath.Glob(rotatorSettings.OutputDirectory + "/temp/*")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	if len(files) > 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected no files in temp directory, got %d", len(files))
-	}
-
-	files, err = filepath.Glob(rotatorSettings.OutputDirectory + "/*")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	for _, path := range files {
-		testFileSingleHashCheck(t, path, "sha1:UIRWL5DFIPQ4MX3D3GFHM2HCVU3TZ6I3", []string{"26872"}, 1)
-	}
-}
-
 func setupIPv4Server(t *testing.T) (string, func()) {
 	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp4", "127.0.0.1:0")
 	if err != nil {