diff --git a/src/Client.php b/src/Client.php
index b657025..fb689c8 100644
--- a/src/Client.php
+++ b/src/Client.php
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ public function connect($uri)
             // either close active connection or cancel pending connection attempt
             $connecting->then(function (ConnectionInterface $stream) {
                 $stream->close();
+            }, function () {
+                // ignore to avoid reporting unhandled rejection
             });
             $connecting->cancel();
         });
diff --git a/tests/ClientTest.php b/tests/ClientTest.php
index e0e3520..b11c1ba 100644
--- a/tests/ClientTest.php
+++ b/tests/ClientTest.php
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ public function testCreateWithInvalidHostDoesNotConnect()
         $promise = $this->client->connect(str_repeat('a', '256') . ':80');
 
         $this->assertInstanceOf('\React\Promise\PromiseInterface', $promise);
+
+        $promise->then(null, $this->expectCallableOnce()); // avoid reporting unhandled rejection
     }
 
     public function testCreateWithInvalidPortDoesNotConnect()
@@ -163,6 +165,8 @@ public function testCreateWithInvalidPortDoesNotConnect()
         $promise = $this->client->connect('some-random-site:some-random-port');
 
         $this->assertInstanceOf('\React\Promise\PromiseInterface', $promise);
+
+        $promise->then(null, $this->expectCallableOnce()); // avoid reporting unhandled rejection
     }
 
     public function testConnectorRejectsWillRejectConnection()
@@ -561,6 +565,9 @@ public function testConnectionErrorShouldNotCreateGarbageCycles()
         gc_collect_cycles(); // clear twice to avoid leftovers in PHP 7.4 with ext-xdebug and code coverage turned on
 
         $promise = $this->client->connect('google.com:80');
+
+        $promise->then(null, $this->expectCallableOnce()); // avoid reporting unhandled rejection
+
         $deferred->reject(new \RuntimeException());
         unset($deferred, $promise);
 
diff --git a/tests/FunctionalTest.php b/tests/FunctionalTest.php
index 6ea67fd..e5323aa 100644
--- a/tests/FunctionalTest.php
+++ b/tests/FunctionalTest.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Clue\React\Socks\Server;
 use React\EventLoop\Loop;
 use React\Promise\Promise;
+use React\Socket\ConnectionInterface;
 use React\Socket\Connector;
 use React\Socket\SecureConnector;
 use React\Socket\SocketServer;
@@ -506,9 +507,7 @@ public function testSecureConnectorInvalidUnboundPortTimeout()
 
     private function assertResolveStream($promise)
     {
-        $this->expectPromiseResolve($promise);
-
-        $promise->then(function ($stream) {
+        $promise = $promise->then(function (ConnectionInterface $stream) {
             $stream->close();
         });
 
@@ -517,8 +516,6 @@ private function assertResolveStream($promise)
 
     private function assertRejectPromise($promise, $message = null, $code = null)
     {
-        $this->expectPromiseReject($promise);
-
         if (method_exists($this, 'expectException')) {
             $this->expectException('Exception');
             if ($message !== null) {
diff --git a/tests/TestCase.php b/tests/TestCase.php
index 76e77bb..c429f67 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase.php
@@ -55,35 +55,6 @@ protected function createCallableMock()
         return $this->getMockBuilder('stdClass')->setMethods(array('__invoke'))->getMock();
     }
 
-    protected function expectPromiseResolve($promise)
-    {
-        $this->assertInstanceOf('React\Promise\PromiseInterface', $promise);
-
-        $that = $this;
-        $promise->then(null, function($error) use ($that) {
-            $that->assertNull($error);
-            $that->fail('promise rejected');
-        });
-        $promise->then($this->expectCallableOnce(), $this->expectCallableNever());
-
-        return $promise;
-    }
-
-    protected function expectPromiseReject($promise)
-    {
-        $this->assertInstanceOf('React\Promise\PromiseInterface', $promise);
-
-        $that = $this;
-        $promise->then(function($value) use ($that) {
-            $that->assertNull($value);
-            $that->fail('promise resolved');
-        });
-
-        $promise->then($this->expectCallableNever(), $this->expectCallableOnce());
-
-        return $promise;
-    }
-
     public function setExpectedException($exception, $message = '', $code = 0)
     {
         if (method_exists($this, 'expectException')) {