diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-3.8/src/latestDepTest/groovy/Netty38ClientTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-3.8/src/latestDepTest/groovy/Netty38ClientTest.groovy
index 9c26e09b90..afacb7ca70 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-3.8/src/latestDepTest/groovy/Netty38ClientTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-3.8/src/latestDepTest/groovy/Netty38ClientTest.groovy
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ class Netty38ClientTest extends HttpClientTest {
     false
   }
 
+  @Override
+  boolean testRemoteConnection() {
+    return false
+  }
+
   def "connection error (unopened port)"() {
     given:
     def uri = new URI("http://localhost:$UNUSABLE_PORT/")
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-3.8/src/test/groovy/Netty38ClientTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-3.8/src/test/groovy/Netty38ClientTest.groovy
index c56d227845..761f2589b4 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-3.8/src/test/groovy/Netty38ClientTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-3.8/src/test/groovy/Netty38ClientTest.groovy
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class Netty38ClientTest extends HttpClientTest {
   def clientConfig = new AsyncHttpClientConfig.Builder()
     .setRequestTimeoutInMs(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(10).toInteger())
     .build()
-  
+
   @Shared
   @AutoCleanup
   AsyncHttpClient asyncHttpClient = new AsyncHttpClient(clientConfig)
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ class Netty38ClientTest extends HttpClientTest {
     false
   }
 
+  @Override
+  boolean testRemoteConnection() {
+    return false
+  }
+
   def "connection error (unopened port)"() {
     given:
     def uri = new URI("http://localhost:$UNUSABLE_PORT/")