diff --git a/test/Templates.Test/Helpers/AspNetProcess.cs b/test/Templates.Test/Helpers/AspNetProcess.cs
index 268383f09f..0aab347cd4 100644
--- a/test/Templates.Test/Helpers/AspNetProcess.cs
+++ b/test/Templates.Test/Helpers/AspNetProcess.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ using System.Net.Http;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.CommandLineUtils;
 using Xunit;
 using Xunit.Abstractions;
-using System.Threading;
 
 namespace Templates.Test.Helpers
 {
@@ -108,31 +107,6 @@ namespace Templates.Test.Helpers
             Assert.Equal(statusCode, response.StatusCode);
         }
 
-        public void AssertStatusCodeWithRetry(string requestUrl, HttpStatusCode statusCode, string acceptContentType = null)
-        {
-            const int MaxAttempts = 3;
-
-            for (var attemptNumber = 1; ; attemptNumber++)
-            {
-                try
-                {
-                    AssertStatusCode(requestUrl, statusCode, acceptContentType);
-                    return;
-                }
-                catch
-                {
-                    if (attemptNumber >= MaxAttempts)
-                    {
-                        _output.WriteLine($"Giving up requesting '{requestUrl}' after {attemptNumber} attempts.");
-                        throw;
-                    }
-
-                    _output.WriteLine($"Request to '{requestUrl}' failed, but will retry...");
-                    Thread.Sleep(3000);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
         public IWebDriver VisitInBrowser()
         {
             _output.WriteLine($"Opening browser at {_listeningUri}...");
diff --git a/test/Templates.Test/SpaTemplateTest.cs b/test/Templates.Test/SpaTemplateTest.cs
index 0fcf506d9e..3b98fa6479 100644
--- a/test/Templates.Test/SpaTemplateTest.cs
+++ b/test/Templates.Test/SpaTemplateTest.cs
@@ -46,11 +46,7 @@ namespace Templates.Test
         {
             using (var aspNetProcess = StartAspNetProcess(targetFrameworkOverride, publish))
             {
-                // TODO: Remove the retry from here. Instead, work around the issue in the actual
-                // SpaServices.Extensions code (by retrying). The issue is that @angular/cli rejects
-                // connections for the first second or so after it claims to be listening.
-                // However, you do still need to keep sending "Accept: text/html" or it returns 404.
-                aspNetProcess.AssertStatusCodeWithRetry("/", HttpStatusCode.OK, "text/html");
+                aspNetProcess.AssertStatusCode("/", HttpStatusCode.OK, "text/html");
 
                 if (WebDriverFactory.HostSupportsBrowserAutomation)
                 {