diff --git a/lib/cpp/test/TServerSocketTest.cpp b/lib/cpp/test/TServerSocketTest.cpp
index eee7c26..65f99f9 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/test/TServerSocketTest.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/test/TServerSocketTest.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <thrift/transport/TServerSocket.h>
 #include "TestPortFixture.h"
 #include "TTransportCheckThrow.h"
+#include <iostream>
 
 using apache::thrift::transport::TServerSocket;
 using apache::thrift::transport::TSocket;
@@ -30,24 +31,18 @@
 
 BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE ( TServerSocketTest, TestPortFixture )
 
-class TestTServerSocket : public TServerSocket
-{
-  public:
-    TestTServerSocket(const std::string& address, int port) : TServerSocket(address, port) { }
-    using TServerSocket::acceptImpl;
-};
-
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( test_bind_to_address )
 {
-    TestTServerSocket sock1("localhost", m_serverPort);
+    TServerSocket sock1("localhost", m_serverPort);
     sock1.listen();
     TSocket clientSock("localhost", m_serverPort);
     clientSock.open();
-    boost::shared_ptr<TTransport> accepted = sock1.acceptImpl();
+    boost::shared_ptr<TTransport> accepted = sock1.accept();
     accepted->close();
     sock1.close();
 
-    TServerSocket sock2("this.is.truly.an.unrecognizable.address.", m_serverPort);
+    std::cout << "An error message from getaddrinfo on the console is expected:" << std::endl;
+    TServerSocket sock2("257.258.259.260", m_serverPort);
     BOOST_CHECK_THROW(sock2.listen(), TTransportException);
     sock2.close();
 }