diff --git a/reg-tests/webstats/webstats-scope-and-post-change.vtc b/reg-tests/webstats/webstats-scope-and-post-change.vtc
index a77483b..fe8b333 100644
--- a/reg-tests/webstats/webstats-scope-and-post-change.vtc
+++ b/reg-tests/webstats/webstats-scope-and-post-change.vtc
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
 
 haproxy h1 -conf {
   global
+    # WT: limit false-positives causing "HTTP header incomplete" due to
+    # idle server connections being randomly used and randomly expiring
+    # under us.
+    tune.idle-pool.shared off
+
     stats socket /tmp/haproxy.socket level admin
 
   defaults