diff --git a/scripts/run_integration_tests.sh b/scripts/run_integration_tests.sh
index d4a3dc447..bae2caf3c 100755
--- a/scripts/run_integration_tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_integration_tests.sh
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ if [ ! -f "$VMLINUX_IMAGE" ]; then
 fi
 
 VIRTIOFSD="$WORKLOADS_DIR/virtiofsd"
-VUBRIDGE="$WORKLOADS_DIR/vubridge"
 VUBD="$WORKLOADS_DIR/vubd"
 QEMU_DIR="qemu_build"
 if [ ! -f "$VIRTIOFSD" ] || [ ! -f "$VUBRIDGE" ] || [ ! -f "$VUBD" ]; then
@@ -86,9 +85,8 @@ if [ ! -f "$VIRTIOFSD" ] || [ ! -f "$VUBRIDGE" ] || [ ! -f "$VUBD" ]; then
     git clone --depth 1 "https://github.com/sboeuf/qemu.git" -b "virtio-fs" $QEMU_DIR
     pushd $QEMU_DIR
     ./configure --prefix=$PWD --target-list=x86_64-softmmu
-    make virtiofsd tests/vhost-user-bridge vhost-user-blk -j `nproc`
+    make virtiofsd vhost-user-blk -j `nproc`
     cp virtiofsd $VIRTIOFSD
-    cp tests/vhost-user-bridge $VUBRIDGE
     cp vhost-user-blk $VUBD
     popd
     rm -rf $QEMU_DIR
@@ -141,6 +139,7 @@ sudo ip link set vfio-tap1 up
 
 cargo build
 sudo setcap cap_net_admin+ep target/debug/cloud-hypervisor
+sudo setcap cap_net_admin+ep target/debug/vhost_user_net
 
 # We always copy a fresh version of our binary for our L2 guest.
 cp target/debug/cloud-hypervisor $VFIO_DIR
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1a375f232..7d5a187a3 100755
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1237,15 +1237,18 @@ mod tests {
             let mut clear = ClearDiskConfig::new();
             let guest = Guest::new(&mut clear);
 
-            let mut workload_path = dirs::home_dir().unwrap();
-            workload_path.push("workloads");
-
-            let mut vubridge_path = workload_path.clone();
-            vubridge_path.push("vubridge");
-            let vubridge_path = String::from(vubridge_path.to_str().unwrap());
-
             // Start the daemon
-            let mut daemon_child = Command::new(vubridge_path.as_str()).spawn().unwrap();
+            let mut daemon_child = Command::new("target/debug/vhost_user_net")
+                .args(&[
+                    "--backend",
+                    format!(
+                        "ip={},mask=255.255.255.0,sock=/tmp/vunet.sock",
+                        guest.network.host_ip
+                    )
+                    .as_str(),
+                ])
+                .spawn()
+                .unwrap();
 
             let mut cloud_child = Command::new("target/debug/cloud-hypervisor")
                 .args(&["--cpus", "1"])
@@ -1266,13 +1269,17 @@ mod tests {
                 ])
                 .args(&[
                     "--vhost-user-net",
-                    "mac=52:54:00:02:d9:01,sock=/tmp/vubr.sock",
+                    format!("mac={},sock=/tmp/vunet.sock", guest.network.guest_mac).as_str(),
                 ])
-                .args(&["--net", guest.default_net_string().as_str()])
                 .spawn()
                 .unwrap();
 
-            // 2 network interfaces + default localhost ==> 3 interfaces
+            // 1 network interface + default localhost ==> 2 interfaces
+            // It's important to note that this test is fully exercising the
+            // vhost-user-net implementation and the associated backend since
+            // it does not define any --net network interface. That means all
+            // the ssh communication in that test happens through the network
+            // interface backed by vhost-user-net.
             aver_eq!(
                 tb,
                 guest
@@ -1281,7 +1288,7 @@ mod tests {
                     .trim()
                     .parse::<u32>()
                     .unwrap_or_default(),
-                3
+                2
             );
 
             guest.ssh_command("sudo shutdown -h now")?;