diff --git a/spec/static/main.js b/spec/static/main.js
index 1e81ddc8cf..cfc21249b5 100644
--- a/spec/static/main.js
+++ b/spec/static/main.js
@@ -307,18 +307,7 @@ ipcMain.on('handle-unhandled-rejection', (event, message) => {
 ipcMain.on('navigate-with-pending-entry', (event, id) => {
   const w = BrowserWindow.fromId(id)
 
-  const source = `
-    <body>
-      <a href='http://host'>Link</a>
-    </body>
-    <script>
-      setInterval(function () {
-        document.getElementsByTagName('a')[0].click();
-      }, 100)
-    </script>
-  `
-
-  w.webContents.on('did-fail-load', () => {
+  w.webContents.on('did-start-loading', () => {
     w.loadURL('about:blank')
   })
 
@@ -329,7 +318,7 @@ ipcMain.on('navigate-with-pending-entry', (event, id) => {
   })
 
   w.webContents.session.clearHostResolverCache(() => {
-    w.loadURL(`data:text/html,${source}`)
+    w.loadURL('http://host')
   })
 })
 
