diff --git a/libcxx/test/std/thread/futures/futures.async/wait_on_destruct.pass.cpp b/libcxx/test/std/thread/futures/futures.async/wait_on_destruct.pass.cpp
index 8260ec3dfcaf4..d2964e02257d2 100644
--- a/libcxx/test/std/thread/futures/futures.async/wait_on_destruct.pass.cpp
+++ b/libcxx/test/std/thread/futures/futures.async/wait_on_destruct.pass.cpp
@@ -20,22 +20,24 @@
 #include <atomic>
 #include <future>
 #include <mutex>
+#include <condition_variable>
+#include <thread>
+
 
 std::mutex mux;
 
 int main(int, char**) {
-  using namespace std::chrono_literals;
+  std::condition_variable cond;
   std::unique_lock lock(mux);
-  std::atomic<bool> in_async = false;
-  auto v                     = std::async(std::launch::async, [&in_async, value = 1]() mutable {
-    in_async = true;
-    in_async.notify_all();
-    std::scoped_lock thread_lock(mux);
+  auto v = std::async(std::launch::async, [&cond, value = 1]() mutable {
+    std::unique_lock thread_lock(mux);
+    cond.notify_all();
+    thread_lock.unlock();
+
     value = 4;
     (void)value;
   });
-  in_async.wait(true);
-  lock.unlock();
+  cond.wait(lock);
 
   return 0;
 }