diff --git a/src/node/entry.ts b/src/node/entry.ts
index 24a557e1..4b186fef 100644
--- a/src/node/entry.ts
+++ b/src/node/entry.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ async function entry(): Promise<void> {
   if (isChild(wrapper)) {
     const args = await wrapper.handshake()
     wrapper.preventExit()
-    return runCodeServer(args)
+    await runCodeServer(args)
+    return
   }
 
   const cliArgs = parse(process.argv.slice(2))
diff --git a/src/node/main.ts b/src/node/main.ts
index 1409a440..e0036413 100644
--- a/src/node/main.ts
+++ b/src/node/main.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export const openInExistingInstance = async (args: DefaultedArgs, socketPath: st
   vscode.end()
 }
 
-export const runCodeServer = async (args: DefaultedArgs): Promise<void> => {
+export const runCodeServer = async (args: DefaultedArgs): Promise<http.Server> => {
   logger.info(`code-server ${version} ${commit}`)
 
   logger.info(`Using user-data-dir ${humanPath(args["user-data-dir"])}`)
@@ -154,4 +154,6 @@ export const runCodeServer = async (args: DefaultedArgs): Promise<void> => {
       logger.error("Failed to open", field("address", openAddress), field("error", error))
     }
   }
+
+  return server
 }
diff --git a/test/unit/health.test.ts b/test/unit/health.test.ts
index a8bdfb19..2c5fc0b7 100644
--- a/test/unit/health.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/health.test.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ describe("health", () => {
   })
 
   it("/healthz", async () => {
-    ;[, , codeServer] = await integration.setup(["--auth=none"], "")
+    codeServer = await integration.setup(["--auth=none"], "")
     const resp = await codeServer.fetch("/healthz")
     expect(resp.status).toBe(200)
     const json = await resp.json()
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ describe("health", () => {
   })
 
   it("/healthz (websocket)", async () => {
-    ;[, , codeServer] = await integration.setup(["--auth=none"], "")
+    codeServer = await integration.setup(["--auth=none"], "")
     const ws = codeServer.ws("/healthz")
     const message = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       ws.on("error", console.error)
diff --git a/test/unit/proxy.test.ts b/test/unit/proxy.test.ts
index c5969ebf..a9c1554e 100644
--- a/test/unit/proxy.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/proxy.test.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ describe("proxy", () => {
     e.get("/wsup", (req, res) => {
       res.json("asher is the best")
     })
-    ;[, , codeServer] = await integration.setup(["--auth=none"], "")
+    codeServer = await integration.setup(["--auth=none"], "")
     const resp = await codeServer.fetch(proxyPath)
     expect(resp.status).toBe(200)
     const json = await resp.json()
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ describe("proxy", () => {
     e.get(absProxyPath, (req, res) => {
       res.json("joe is the best")
     })
-    ;[, , codeServer] = await integration.setup(["--auth=none"], "")
+    codeServer = await integration.setup(["--auth=none"], "")
     const resp = await codeServer.fetch(absProxyPath)
     expect(resp.status).toBe(200)
     const json = await resp.json()
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ describe("proxy", () => {
     e.post("/finale", (req, res) => {
       res.json("redirect success")
     })
-    ;[, , codeServer] = await integration.setup(["--auth=none"], "")
+    codeServer = await integration.setup(["--auth=none"], "")
     const resp = await codeServer.fetch(proxyPath, {
       method: "POST",
     })
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ describe("proxy", () => {
     e.post(finalePath, (req, res) => {
       res.json("redirect success")
     })
-    ;[, , codeServer] = await integration.setup(["--auth=none"], "")
+    codeServer = await integration.setup(["--auth=none"], "")
     const resp = await codeServer.fetch(absProxyPath, {
       method: "POST",
     })
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ describe("proxy", () => {
     e.post("/wsup", (req, res) => {
       res.json(req.body)
     })
-    ;[, , codeServer] = await integration.setup(["--auth=none"], "")
+    codeServer = await integration.setup(["--auth=none"], "")
     const resp = await codeServer.fetch(proxyPath, {
       method: "post",
       body: JSON.stringify("coder is the best"),
diff --git a/test/utils/integration.ts b/test/utils/integration.ts
index c5101d0f..1ad7b44d 100644
--- a/test/utils/integration.ts
+++ b/test/utils/integration.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,15 @@
-import * as express from "express"
-import { createApp } from "../../src/node/app"
-import { parse, setDefaults, parseConfigFile, DefaultedArgs } from "../../src/node/cli"
-import { register } from "../../src/node/routes"
+import { parse, parseConfigFile, setDefaults } from "../../src/node/cli"
+import { runCodeServer } from "../../src/node/main"
 import * as httpserver from "./httpserver"
 
-export async function setup(
-  argv: string[],
-  configFile?: string,
-): Promise<[express.Application, express.Application, httpserver.HttpServer, DefaultedArgs]> {
+export async function setup(argv: string[], configFile?: string): Promise<httpserver.HttpServer> {
   argv = ["--bind-addr=localhost:0", ...argv]
 
   const cliArgs = parse(argv)
   const configArgs = parseConfigFile(configFile || "", "test/integration.ts")
   const args = await setDefaults(cliArgs, configArgs)
 
-  const [app, wsApp, server] = await createApp(args)
-  await register(app, wsApp, server, args)
+  const server = await runCodeServer(args)
 
-  return [app, wsApp, new httpserver.HttpServer(server), args]
+  return new httpserver.HttpServer(server)
 }