diff --git a/tests/runtests.pl b/tests/runtests.pl
index 165fd0904..1ae0f0655 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.pl
+++ b/tests/runtests.pl
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ sub runsocksserver {
     }
 
     my $flag=$debugprotocol?"-v ":"";
-    my $cmd="ssh -D ${HOSTIP}:$SOCKSPORT -N -F curl_ssh_config ${USER}\@${HOSTIP} -p ${SSHPORT} -vv >log/ssh.log 2>&1";
+    my $cmd="ssh -D $SOCKSPORT -N -F curl_ssh_config ${USER}\@${HOSTIP} -p ${SSHPORT} -vv >log/ssh.log 2>&1";
     logmsg "TRACESSH:runsocksserver: calling startnew with cmd: $cmd\n";
     my ($sshpid, $pid2) =
         startnew($cmd, $pidfile, 15, 1); # start the server in a new process