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

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/test/functional/p2p_unrequested_blocks.py b/test/functional/p2p_unrequested_blocks.py
index 49c619a4ce..5f2d65c3f5 100755
--- a/test/functional/p2p_unrequested_blocks.py
+++ b/test/functional/p2p_unrequested_blocks.py
@@ -73,15 +73,11 @@ class AcceptBlockTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         self.setup_nodes()
 
     def run_test(self):
-        # Setup the p2p connections and start up the network thread.
+        # Setup the p2p connections
         # test_node connects to node0 (not whitelisted)
         test_node = self.nodes[0].add_p2p_connection(P2PInterface())
         # min_work_node connects to node1 (whitelisted)
         min_work_node = self.nodes[1].add_p2p_connection(P2PInterface())
-
-        network_thread_start()
-
-        # Test logic begins here
         test_node.wait_for_verack()
         min_work_node.wait_for_verack()
 
@@ -204,10 +200,8 @@ class AcceptBlockTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
 
         self.nodes[0].disconnect_p2ps()
         self.nodes[1].disconnect_p2ps()
-        network_thread_join()
 
         test_node = self.nodes[0].add_p2p_connection(P2PInterface())
-        network_thread_start()
         test_node.wait_for_verack()
 
         test_node.send_message(msg_block(block_h1f))
@@ -293,8 +287,6 @@ class AcceptBlockTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
 
             self.nodes[0].disconnect_p2ps()
             test_node = self.nodes[0].add_p2p_connection(P2PInterface())
-
-            network_thread_start()
             test_node.wait_for_verack()
 
         # We should have failed reorg and switched back to 290 (but have block 291)