qa: Avoid start/stop of the network thread mid-test

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/test/functional/p2p_invalid_tx.py b/test/functional/p2p_invalid_tx.py
index 3fed872ccc..a7a86f89fd 100755
--- a/test/functional/p2p_invalid_tx.py
+++ b/test/functional/p2p_invalid_tx.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from test_framework.messages import (
     CTxIn,
     CTxOut,
 )
-from test_framework.mininode import network_thread_start, P2PDataStore, network_thread_join
+from test_framework.mininode import P2PDataStore
 from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
 from test_framework.util import (
     assert_equal,
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ class InvalidTxRequestTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         Helper to connect and wait for version handshake."""
         for _ in range(num_connections):
             self.nodes[0].add_p2p_connection(P2PDataStore())
-        network_thread_start()
         self.nodes[0].p2p.wait_for_verack()
 
     def reconnect_p2p(self, **kwargs):
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ class InvalidTxRequestTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         The node gets disconnected several times in this test. This helper
         method reconnects the p2p and restarts the network thread."""
         self.nodes[0].disconnect_p2ps()
-        network_thread_join()
         self.bootstrap_p2p(**kwargs)
 
     def run_test(self):