diff --git a/roles/web_server/molecule/default/prepare.yml b/roles/web_server/molecule/default/prepare.yml
index 1f8511eb285996763fe68c0bf1465ff4e547b17d..40479c7a738b699d7425dbdb79f43fa7c28396d3 100644
--- a/roles/web_server/molecule/default/prepare.yml
+++ b/roles/web_server/molecule/default/prepare.yml
@@ -85,11 +85,6 @@
   become: true
   tasks:
 
-    - name: Install tool for testing TCP connectivity
-      ansible.builtin.apt:
-        name: hping3
-        state: present
-
     - name: Install console-based web browser for interactive testing
       ansible.builtin.apt:
         name: lynx
diff --git a/roles/web_server/molecule/default/tests/test_client.py b/roles/web_server/molecule/default/tests/test_client.py
index 0c2689b65b04e69e5610363963645b815625617f..1a1955c595721759ccab012c607504a7f045af3f 100644
--- a/roles/web_server/molecule/default/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/roles/web_server/molecule/default/tests/test_client.py
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@ def test_connectivity(host, server, port):
 
     with host.sudo():
 
-        ping = host.run('hping3 -S -p %s -c 1 %s', str(port), server)
-        assert ping.rc == 0
+        scan = host.run('nmap -4 -p %s -oG - %s', str(port), server)
+        assert scan.rc == 0
+        assert "Ports: %d/open/tcp//" % port in scan.stdout