diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.Tests/HttpConnectionTests.ConnectionLifecycle.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.Tests/HttpConnectionTests.ConnectionLifecycle.cs
index 67e0e02428..0ee8a4c02a 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.Tests/HttpConnectionTests.ConnectionLifecycle.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.Tests/HttpConnectionTests.ConnectionLifecycle.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Client.Tests;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Connections;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Tests;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Client.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Client.Internal;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Testing;
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.Tests
                     // with WebSockets available and not. If Websockets aren't available and 
                     // we can't to test the fallback once scenario we don't decrement the passthreshold
                     // because we still try to start twice (SSE and LP).
-                    if (!IsWebSocketsSupported() && passThreshold > 2)
+                    if (!TestHelpers.IsWebSocketsSupported() && passThreshold > 2)
                     {
                         passThreshold -= 1;
                     }
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.Tests
                             Assert.Equal("Unable to connect to the server with any of the available transports.", ex.Message);
 
                             // If websockets aren't supported then we expect one less attmept to start.
-                            if (!IsWebSocketsSupported())
+                            if (!TestHelpers.IsWebSocketsSupported())
                             {
                                 availableTransports -= 1;
                             }
@@ -363,23 +364,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.Tests
                     await Assert.ThrowsAsync<ObjectDisposedException>(() => connection.StartAsync(TransferFormat.Text).OrTimeout());
                 Assert.Equal(nameof(HttpConnection), exception.ObjectName);
             }
-
-            private static bool IsWebSocketsSupported()
-            {
-#if NETCOREAPP2_1
-                // .NET Core 2.1 and greater has sockets
-                return true;
-#else
-                // Non-Windows platforms have sockets
-                if (!RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
-                {
-                    return true;
-                }
-
-                // Windows 8 and greater has sockets
-                return Environment.OSVersion.Version >= new Version(6, 2);
-#endif
-            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Tests.Utils/TestHelpers.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Tests.Utils/TestHelpers.cs
index 17f037d178..b496299152 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Tests.Utils/TestHelpers.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Tests.Utils/TestHelpers.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Tests
 {
@@ -9,16 +10,19 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Tests
     {
         public static bool IsWebSocketsSupported()
         {
-            try
-            {
-                new System.Net.WebSockets.ClientWebSocket().Dispose();
-            }
-            catch (PlatformNotSupportedException)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
+#if NETCOREAPP2_1
+            // .NET Core 2.1 and greater has sockets
             return true;
+#else
+                // Non-Windows platforms have sockets
+                if (!RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+                {
+                    return true;
+                }
+
+                // Windows 8 and greater has sockets
+                return Environment.OSVersion.Version >= new Version(6, 2);
+#endif
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Tests.Utils/WebSocketsSupportedConditionAttribute.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Tests.Utils/WebSocketsSupportedConditionAttribute.cs
index 5a831e73fb..86c831b00e 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Tests.Utils/WebSocketsSupportedConditionAttribute.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Tests.Utils/WebSocketsSupportedConditionAttribute.cs
@@ -16,19 +16,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Tests
         {
             get
             {
-#if NETCOREAPP2_1
-                // .NET Core 2.1 and greater has sockets
-                return true;
-#else
-                // Non-Windows platforms have Websockets
-                if (!RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
-                {
-                    return true;
-                }
-
-                // Windows 8 and greater has Websockets
-                return Environment.OSVersion.Version >= new Version(6, 2);
-#endif
+                return TestHelpers.IsWebSocketsSupported();
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Tests/EndToEndTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Tests/EndToEndTests.cs
index fde6de4969..2b66967adf 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Tests/EndToEndTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Tests/EndToEndTests.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO.Pipelines;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Net.WebSockets;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -408,6 +409,15 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Tests
             private int _tries;
             private string _prevConnectionId = null;
             private IDuplexPipe _application;
+            private int availableTransports = 3;
+
+            public FakeTransport()
+            {
+                if (!TestHelpers.IsWebSocketsSupported())
+                {
+                    availableTransports -= 1;
+                }
+            }
 
             public Task StartAsync(Uri url, IDuplexPipe application, TransferFormat transferFormat, IConnection connection)
             {
@@ -424,7 +434,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Tests
                     _prevConnectionId = id;
                 }
 
-                if (_tries < 3)
+                if (_tries < availableTransports)
                 {
                     throw new Exception();
                 }