diff --git a/sanic/server.py b/sanic/server.py
index be9bc31c..48c3827e 100644
--- a/sanic/server.py
+++ b/sanic/server.py
@@ -297,8 +297,8 @@ def serve(host, port, request_handler, error_handler, before_start=None,
     :param protocol: Subclass of asyncio protocol class
     :return: Nothing
     """
-    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(async_loop.EventLoopPolicy())
+    loop = async_loop.new_event_loop()
+    asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
 
     if debug:
         loop.set_debug(debug)
diff --git a/tests/test_loop_policy.py b/tests/test_loop_policy.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f764548c..00000000
--- a/tests/test_loop_policy.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-from sanic import Sanic
-import asyncio
-from signal import signal, SIGINT
-import uvloop
-
-
-def test_loop_policy():
-    app = Sanic('test_loop_policy')
-
-    server = app.create_server(host="0.0.0.0", port=8000)
-
-    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
-    task = asyncio.ensure_future(server)
-    signal(SIGINT, lambda s, f: loop.close())
-
-    # serve() sets the event loop policy to uvloop but
-    # doesn't get called until we run the server task
-    assert isinstance(asyncio.get_event_loop_policy(),
-                      asyncio.unix_events._UnixDefaultEventLoopPolicy)
-
-    try:
-        loop.run_until_complete(task)
-    except:
-        loop.stop()
-
-    assert isinstance(asyncio.get_event_loop_policy(),
-                      uvloop.EventLoopPolicy)