diff --git a/test/sequential/test-cluster-disconnect-leak.js b/test/sequential/test-cluster-disconnect-leak.js
index 33476dd427a61a..a4916c95ba4ea7 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-cluster-disconnect-leak.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-cluster-disconnect-leak.js
@@ -1,47 +1,29 @@
 'use strict';
-// Flags: --expose-internals
+
+// Test fails in Node v5.4.0 and passes in v5.4.1 and newer.
 
 const common = require('../common');
-const assert = require('assert');
 const net = require('net');
 const cluster = require('cluster');
-const handles = require('internal/cluster').handles;
-const os = require('os');
 
-if (common.isWindows) {
-  console.log('1..0 # Skipped: This test does not apply to Windows.');
-  return;
-}
+const noop = () => {};
 
 cluster.schedulingPolicy = cluster.SCHED_NONE;
 
 if (cluster.isMaster) {
-  const cpus = os.cpus().length;
-  const tries = cpus > 8 ? 128 : cpus * 16;
-
-  const worker1 = cluster.fork();
-  worker1.on('message', common.mustCall(() => {
-    worker1.disconnect();
-    for (let i = 0; i < tries; ++ i) {
-      const w = cluster.fork();
-      w.on('online', common.mustCall(w.disconnect));
-    }
-  }));
-
-  cluster.on('exit', common.mustCall((worker, code) => {
-    assert.strictEqual(code, 0, 'worker exited with error');
-  }, tries + 1));
-
-  process.on('exit', () => {
-    assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(cluster.workers), []);
-    assert.strictEqual(Object.keys(handles).length, 0);
-  });
+  const worker = cluster.fork();
+
+  // This is the important part of the test: Confirm that `disconnect` fires.
+  worker.on('disconnect', common.mustCall(noop));
+
+  // These are just some extra stuff we're checking for good measure...
+  worker.on('exit', common.mustCall(noop));
+  cluster.on('exit', common.mustCall(noop));
 
+  cluster.disconnect();
   return;
 }
 
-var server = net.createServer();
+const server = net.createServer();
 
-server.listen(common.PORT, function() {
-  process.send('listening');
-});
+server.listen(common.PORT);