--- a/test/jdk/java/net/httpclient/websocket/PendingPongTextClose.java	Thu Apr 26 14:11:03 2018 +0100
+++ b/test/jdk/java/net/httpclient/websocket/PendingPongTextClose.java	Thu Apr 26 14:42:36 2018 +0100
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
+import static java.net.http.HttpClient.Builder.NO_PROXY;
+import static java.net.http.HttpClient.newBuilder;
 import static java.net.http.HttpClient.newHttpClient;
 
 public class PendingPongTextClose extends PendingOperations {
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@
         repeatable( () -> {
             server = Support.notReadingServer();
             server.open();
-            webSocket = newHttpClient().newWebSocketBuilder()
+            webSocket = newBuilder().proxy(NO_PROXY).build().newWebSocketBuilder()
                     .buildAsync(server.getURI(), new WebSocket.Listener() { })
                     .join();
             ByteBuffer data = ByteBuffer.allocate(125);