diff --git a/sanic/server.py b/sanic/server.py
index 8081cb30..48c3827e 100644
--- a/sanic/server.py
+++ b/sanic/server.py
@@ -297,8 +297,7 @@ def serve(host, port, request_handler, error_handler, before_start=None,
     :param protocol: Subclass of asyncio protocol class
     :return: Nothing
     """
-    loop = loop or async_loop.new_event_loop()
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(async_loop.EventLoopPolicy())
+    loop = async_loop.new_event_loop()
     asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
 
     if debug:
diff --git a/tests/test_async_run.py b/tests/test_async_run.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e7d68cd..00000000
--- a/tests/test_async_run.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-from sanic import Sanic
-from sanic.response import json
-import asyncio
-import requests
-from threading import Thread
-import pytest
-import sys
-
-@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 6),
-                    reason="fails on python 3.5 with travis")
-def test_async_run():
-    app = Sanic(__name__)
-
-    @app.route("/")
-    async def test(request):
-        return json({"answer": "42"})
-
-    server = app.create_server(host="0.0.0.0", port=8001)
-    task = asyncio.ensure_future(server)
-    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
-    t = Thread(target=loop.run_forever)
-    t.start()
-    res = requests.get('http://localhost:8001')
-    loop.stop()
-    assert res.json()['answer'] == '42'
diff --git a/tests/test_loop_policy.py b/tests/test_loop_policy.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7737b6b0..00000000
--- a/tests/test_loop_policy.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-from sanic import Sanic
-from sanic.response import text
-from sanic.utils import sanic_endpoint_test
-import asyncio
-import uvloop
-
-def test_loop_policy():
-    app = Sanic('test_loop_policy')
-
-    @app.route('/')
-    def test(request):
-        return text("OK")
-
-    server = app.create_server()
-
-    request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app)
-    assert isinstance(asyncio.get_event_loop_policy(),
-                      uvloop.EventLoopPolicy)
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 8669e48b..009d971c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ deps =
     aiohttp
     pytest
     beautifulsoup4
-    requests
 
 commands =
     pytest tests {posargs}