diff --git a/actix-http-test/Cargo.toml b/actix-http-test/Cargo.toml
index 87422551d..7f00ba30a 100644
--- a/actix-http-test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-http-test/Cargo.toml
@@ -50,5 +50,4 @@ tls-openssl = { version = "0.10.55", package = "openssl", optional = true }
 tokio = { version = "1.24.2", features = ["sync"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-actix-web = { version = "4", default-features = false, features = ["cookies"] }
 actix-http = "3"
diff --git a/actix-http-test/src/lib.rs b/actix-http-test/src/lib.rs
index 8dcbe759d..2f1725d1c 100644
--- a/actix-http-test/src/lib.rs
+++ b/actix-http-test/src/lib.rs
@@ -31,24 +31,20 @@ use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 /// for HTTP applications.
 ///
 /// # Examples
-/// ```no_run
-/// use actix_http::HttpService;
+///
+/// ```
+/// use actix_http::{HttpService, Response, Error, StatusCode};
 /// use actix_http_test::test_server;
-/// use actix_service::map_config;
-/// use actix_service::ServiceFactoryExt;
-/// use actix_web::{dev::AppConfig, web, App, Error, HttpResponse};
+/// use actix_service::{fn_service, map_config, ServiceFactoryExt as _};
 ///
-/// async fn my_handler() -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
-///     Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().into())
-/// }
-///
-/// #[actix_web::test]
+/// #[actix_rt::test]
+/// # async fn hidden_test() {}
 /// async fn test_example() {
 ///     let srv = test_server(|| {
-///         let app = App::new().service(web::resource("/").to(my_handler));
-///
 ///         HttpService::build()
-///             .h1(map_config(app, |_| AppConfig::default()))
+///             .h1(fn_service(|req| async move {
+///                 Ok::<_, Error>(Response::ok())
+///             }))
 ///             .tcp()
 ///             .map_err(|_| ())
 ///     })
@@ -57,8 +53,9 @@ use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 ///     let req = srv.get("/");
 ///     let response = req.send().await.unwrap();
 ///
-///     assert!(response.status().is_success());
+///     assert_eq!(response.status(), StatusCode::OK);
 /// }
+/// # actix_rt::System::new().block_on(test_example());
 /// ```
 pub async fn test_server<F: ServerServiceFactory<TcpStream>>(factory: F) -> TestServer {
     let tcp = net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").unwrap();