diff --git a/bin/tests/system/digdelv/ans4/ans.py b/bin/tests/system/digdelv/ans4/ans.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f5346ff86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/digdelv/ans4/ans.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Copyright (C) Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+#
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0.  If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, you can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+#
+# See the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this work for additional
+# information regarding copyright ownership.
+
+from isctest.asyncserver import (
+    AsyncDnsServer,
+    IgnoreAllQueries,
+)
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    server = AsyncDnsServer()
+    server.install_response_handler(IgnoreAllQueries())
+    server.run()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/digdelv/ans4/startme b/bin/tests/system/digdelv/ans4/startme
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b13789179..0000000000
--- a/bin/tests/system/digdelv/ans4/startme
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/digdelv/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/digdelv/tests.sh
index 265366a247..dee3e96486 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/digdelv/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/digdelv/tests.sh
@@ -382,8 +382,6 @@ if [ -x "$DIG" ]; then
   n=$((n + 1))
   echo_i "checking dig preserves origin on TCP retries ($n)"
   ret=0
-  # Ask ans4 to still accept TCP connections, but not respond to queries
-  echo "//" | sendcmd 10.53.0.4
   dig_with_opts -d +tcp @10.53.0.4 +retry=1 +time=1 +domain=bar foo >dig.out.test$n 2>&1 && ret=1
   test "$(grep -c "trying origin bar" dig.out.test$n)" -eq 2 || ret=1
   grep "using root origin" <dig.out.test$n >/dev/null && ret=1