diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_net.cc b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_net.cc
index 5d23f04886de..73b4364aa285 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_net.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_net.cc
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ void Net::BuildPrototype(v8::Isolate* isolate,
   prototype->SetClassName(mate::StringToV8(isolate, "Net"));
   mate::ObjectTemplateBuilder(isolate, prototype->PrototypeTemplate())
     .SetProperty("URLRequest", &Net::URLRequest)
-    .SetMethod("RequestGarbageCollectionForTesting",
+    .SetMethod("_RequestGarbageCollectionForTesting",
                &Net::RequestGarbageCollectionForTesting);
 }
 
diff --git a/spec/api-net-spec.js b/spec/api-net-spec.js
index bb7f866c5978..94788adefa9e 100644
--- a/spec/api-net-spec.js
+++ b/spec/api-net-spec.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const kOneKiloByte = 1024
 const kOneMegaByte = kOneKiloByte * kOneKiloByte
 
 describe('net module', function () {
-  this.timeout(0)
+  // this.timeout(0)
   describe('HTTP basics', function () {
     let server
     beforeEach(function (done) {