diff --git a/limitador/src/storage/atomic_expiring_value.rs b/limitador/src/storage/atomic_expiring_value.rs
index e7b5c976..570fe5c2 100644
--- a/limitador/src/storage/atomic_expiring_value.rs
+++ b/limitador/src/storage/atomic_expiring_value.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ impl Clone for AtomicExpiringValue {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use std::sync::{Arc, Barrier};
     use std::thread;
     use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
 
@@ -130,30 +129,16 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_overlapping_updates() {
         let now = SystemTime::now();
-        let atomic_expiring_value =
-            Arc::new(AtomicExpiringValue::new(42, now + Duration::from_secs(10)));
-
-        let barrier = Arc::new(Barrier::new(2));
-
-        let atomic_expiring_value_clone = Arc::clone(&atomic_expiring_value);
-        let barrier_clone = Arc::clone(&barrier);
-        let thread1 = thread::spawn(move || {
-            barrier_clone.wait();
-            atomic_expiring_value_clone.update(2, 1, now + Duration::from_secs(11));
-        });
-
-        let atomic_expiring_value_clone2 = Arc::clone(&atomic_expiring_value);
-        let barrier_clone2 = Arc::clone(&barrier);
-        let thread2 = thread::spawn(move || {
-            barrier_clone2.wait();
-            atomic_expiring_value_clone2.update(1, 1, now);
+        let atomic_expiring_value = AtomicExpiringValue::new(42, now + Duration::from_secs(10));
+
+        thread::scope(|s| {
+            s.spawn(|| {
+                atomic_expiring_value.update(1, 1, now);
+            });
+            s.spawn(|| {
+                atomic_expiring_value.update(2, 1, now + Duration::from_secs(11));
+            });
         });
-
-        assert_eq!(atomic_expiring_value.value.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 42);
-
-        thread2.join().unwrap();
-        thread1.join().unwrap();
-
-        assert_eq!(atomic_expiring_value.value.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 3);
+        assert!([2i64, 3i64].contains(&atomic_expiring_value.value.load(Ordering::SeqCst)));
     }
 }