diff --git a/dlls/ws2_32/tests/sock.c b/dlls/ws2_32/tests/sock.c
index 13bb7051b49f7f43abb93c1fed3e853e8411c6b4..405b47eb51e57992abbee6aede8bf0c025aedecd 100644
--- a/dlls/ws2_32/tests/sock.c
+++ b/dlls/ws2_32/tests/sock.c
@@ -1828,14 +1828,10 @@ static void test_gethostbyname_hack(void)
         }
     }
 
-#if 0
-    /* Can't expect ISPs to behave anymore; many send you to spam sites
-     * if you type in a bogus URL nowadays.
-     */
     he = NULL;
-    he = gethostbyname("someweirdandbogusname");
-    ok(he == NULL, "gethostbyname(\"someweirdandbogusname\") succeeded.\n");
-#endif
+    he = gethostbyname("nonexistent.winehq.org");
+    /* Don't check for the return value, as some braindead ISPs will kindly
+     * resolve nonexistent host names to addresses of the ISP's spam pages. */
 }
 
 static void test_inet_addr(void)