diff --git a/network-mux/src/Network/Mux/Bearer/AttenuatedChannel.hs b/network-mux/src/Network/Mux/Bearer/AttenuatedChannel.hs
index 89d6e9bb5f9..28fde4110a6 100644
--- a/network-mux/src/Network/Mux/Bearer/AttenuatedChannel.hs
+++ b/network-mux/src/Network/Mux/Bearer/AttenuatedChannel.hs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ module Network.Mux.Bearer.AttenuatedChannel
 import           Prelude hiding (read)
 
 import           Control.Monad (when)
-import qualified Control.Monad.Class.MonadSTM as LazySTM
 import           Control.Monad.Class.MonadSTM.Strict
 import           Control.Monad.Class.MonadThrow
 import           Control.Monad.Class.MonadTime
@@ -29,9 +28,7 @@ import           Control.Tracer (Tracer, traceWith)
 import           GHC.IO.Exception
 
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as BL
-import           Data.Functor (($>))
 import           Data.Int (Int64)
-import           Data.Maybe (isJust)
 
 import           Network.Mux.Codec
 import           Network.Mux.Time
@@ -92,6 +89,8 @@ writeQueueChannel QueueChannel { qcWrite } msg =
         Nothing -> return False
         Just q  -> writeTQueue q msg
                 >> case msg of
+                      -- Match SO_LINGER set with 0 interval
+                      -- and close both ends without any handshake
                       MsgClose -> writeTVar qcWrite Nothing
                       _        -> return ()
                 >> return True
@@ -213,32 +212,17 @@ newAttenuatedChannel tr Attenuation { aReadAttenuation,
       when (not sent) $
         throwIO (resourceVanishedIOError "AttenuatedChannel.write" "")
 
-    -- closing is a 3-way handshake.
+    -- acClose simulates SO_LINGER TCP option with interval set to 0.
+    --
+    -- It is assumed that the MsgClose is lost, where in this case
+    -- we only close the local end. When the remote end gets
+    -- used it will be closed.
     --
     acClose :: m ()
     acClose = do
       -- send 'MsgClose' and close the underlying channel
       sent <- writeQueueChannel qc MsgClose
-      traceWith tr (AttChannClosing sent)
-
-      -- await for a reply, unless the read channel is already closed.
-      --
-      -- TODO: switch to timeout once it's fixed.
-      d <- registerDelay 120
-      res <-
-        atomically $
-          (LazySTM.readTVar d >>= \b -> check b $> Nothing)
-          `orElse`
-          (fmap Just $ do
-              msg <- readTVar (qcRead qc)
-                  >>= traverse readTQueue
-              case msg of
-                Nothing       -> return ()
-                Just MsgClose -> return ()
-                -- some other message; let the appliction read it first.
-                Just _        -> retry)
-
-      traceWith tr (AttChannClosed (isJust res))
+      traceWith tr (AttChannLocalClose sent)
 
 
 -- | Create a pair of connected 'AttenuatedChannel's.
@@ -315,8 +299,7 @@ attenuationChannelAsMuxBearer sduSize sduTimeout muxTracer chan =
 --
 
 data AttenuatedChannelTrace =
-    AttChannClosing Bool
-  | AttChannClosed  Bool
+    AttChannLocalClose Bool
   | AttChannRemoteClose
   deriving Show
 
diff --git a/ouroboros-network-framework/test/Test/Ouroboros/Network/Server2.hs b/ouroboros-network-framework/test/Test/Ouroboros/Network/Server2.hs
index d339d140994..70cef57c041 100644
--- a/ouroboros-network-framework/test/Test/Ouroboros/Network/Server2.hs
+++ b/ouroboros-network-framework/test/Test/Ouroboros/Network/Server2.hs
@@ -3341,7 +3341,7 @@ multiNodeSim serverAcc dataFlow defaultBearerInfo
                           $ attenuationMap
 
       mb <- timeout 7200
-                    ( withSnocket nullTracer
+                    ( withSnocket (Tracer (say . show))
                                   (toBearerInfo defaultBearerInfo)
                                   attenuationMap'
               $ \snocket _ ->