diff --git a/tests/functional/modules/autoupdate.test.js b/tests/functional/modules/autoupdate.test.js
index 6ef39cc2..b2eff7f1 100644
--- a/tests/functional/modules/autoupdate.test.js
+++ b/tests/functional/modules/autoupdate.test.js
@@ -960,16 +960,16 @@ describe('autoupdate', () => {
             shutdownLocalServer();
         });
 
-        it('is set to false then should not emit new version', async (done) => {
+        it('is set to false then should not emit new version', (done) => {
             const timeout = waitForTestToFail(1000, done);
-            await runAutoUpdateTests(done, () => {
+            runAutoUpdateTests(done, () => {
                 clearTimeout(timeout);
                 done('onVersionReady invoked unexpectedly');
             }, 'version2', 'version1', true, false, true, { desktopHCP: false });
         });
 
-        it('is set to true then should emit new version', async (done) => {
-            await runAutoUpdateTests(done, Function.prototype, 'version2', 'version1', false, false, true, { desktopHCP: true });
+        it('is set to true then should emit new version', (done) => {
+            runAutoUpdateTests(done, Function.prototype, 'version2', 'version1', false, false, true, { desktopHCP: true });
         });
     });
 });
diff --git a/tests/helpers/autoupdate/meteorServer.js b/tests/helpers/autoupdate/meteorServer.js
index 0875c1d8..6e0b7c79 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/autoupdate/meteorServer.js
+++ b/tests/helpers/autoupdate/meteorServer.js
@@ -121,6 +121,16 @@ export default class MeteorServer {
 
         server.use(setETag);
 
+        function versionDesktop(req, res, next) {
+            const parsedUrl = url.parse(req.url);
+            if (parsedUrl.pathname.endsWith('version.desktop.json')) {
+                const manifest = require(path.join(serverPath, 'manifest.json'))
+                res.end(JSON.stringify(manifest.version));
+            }
+            next();
+        }
+        server.use(versionDesktop);
+
         // Serve files as static from the main directory.
         server.use(serveStatic(serverPath),
             {});