2 files changed, 7 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/std/http/README.md b/std/http/README.md
index e4086c1a4..26fe25bf6 100644
--- a/std/http/README.md
+++ b/std/http/README.md
@@ -56,14 +56,11 @@ console.log("Set-Cookie:", cookieHeader);
 ```typescript
 import { serve } from "https://deno.land/std/http/server.ts";
 const s = serve("0.0.0.0:8000");
+const body = new TextEncoder().encode("Hello World\n");
 
-async function main() {
-  for await (const req of s) {
-    req.respond({ body: new TextEncoder().encode("Hello World\n") });
-  }
+for await (const req of s) {
+  req.respond({ body });
 }
-
-main();
 ```
 
 ### File Server
diff --git a/std/http/testdata/simple_server.ts b/std/http/testdata/simple_server.ts
index 67b957ad5..d53e72dcf 100644
--- a/std/http/testdata/simple_server.ts
+++ b/std/http/testdata/simple_server.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@
 // This is an example of a server that responds with an empty body
 import { serve } from "../server.ts";
 
-window.onload = async function main() {
-  const addr = "0.0.0.0:4502";
-  console.log(`Simple server listening on ${addr}`);
-  for await (const req of serve(addr)) {
-    req.respond({});
-  }
+const addr = "0.0.0.0:4502";
+console.log(`Simple server listening on ${addr}`);
+for await (const req of serve(addr)) {
+  req.respond({});
 }