diff --git a/Assets/Mirror/Tests/Editor/NetworkServerTest.cs b/Assets/Mirror/Tests/Editor/NetworkServerTest.cs
index 9e04b6018..6e4aa974d 100644
--- a/Assets/Mirror/Tests/Editor/NetworkServerTest.cs
+++ b/Assets/Mirror/Tests/Editor/NetworkServerTest.cs
@@ -762,9 +762,8 @@ public void HideForConnection()
             Assert.That(NetworkServer.connections.Count, Is.EqualTo(0));
 
             // setup connections
-            LocalConnectionToClient connectionToClient = new LocalConnectionToClient();
-            LocalConnectionToServer connectionToServer = new LocalConnectionToServer();
-            connectionToClient.connectionToServer = new LocalConnectionToServer();
+            CreateLocalConnectionPair(out LocalConnectionToClient connectionToClient,
+                                      out LocalConnectionToServer connectionToServer);
 
             // setup NetworkServer/Client connections so messages are handled
             NetworkClient.connection = connectionToServer;
@@ -772,7 +771,6 @@ public void HideForConnection()
 
             // required for ShowForConnection
             connectionToClient.isReady = true;
-            connectionToClient.connectionToServer = new LocalConnectionToServer();
 
             // set a client handler
             int called = 0;
@@ -946,10 +944,7 @@ public void NoExternalConnectionsTest_WithConnections()
         [Test]
         public void NoExternalConnectionsTest_WithHostOnly()
         {
-            LocalConnectionToServer connectionToServer = new LocalConnectionToServer();
-            LocalConnectionToClient connectionToClient = new LocalConnectionToClient();
-            connectionToServer.connectionToClient = connectionToClient;
-            connectionToClient.connectionToServer = connectionToServer;
+            CreateLocalConnectionPair(out LocalConnectionToClient connectionToClient, out _);
 
             NetworkServer.SetLocalConnection(connectionToClient);
             NetworkServer.connections.Add(0, connectionToClient);