diff --git a/test/integration/assets/tiles/sparse204 b/test/integration/assets/tiles/sparse204
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..9f684a7754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/assets/tiles/sparse204
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sparse
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/integration/assets/tiles/sparse204/0-0-0.mvt b/test/integration/assets/tiles/sparse204/0-0-0.mvt
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/test/integration/assets/tiles/sparse204/1-0-0.mvt b/test/integration/assets/tiles/sparse204/1-0-0.mvt
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/test/integration/assets/tiles/sparse204/1-0-0.png b/test/integration/assets/tiles/sparse204/1-0-0.png
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/test/integration/assets/tiles/sparse204/1-0-1.mvt b/test/integration/assets/tiles/sparse204/1-0-1.mvt
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/test/integration/assets/tiles/sparse204/1-0-1.png b/test/integration/assets/tiles/sparse204/1-0-1.png
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/test/integration/assets/tiles/sparse204/1-1-0.mvt b/test/integration/assets/tiles/sparse204/1-1-0.mvt
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/test/integration/assets/tiles/sparse204/1-1-0.png b/test/integration/assets/tiles/sparse204/1-1-0.png
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/test/integration/assets/tiles/sparse204/1-1-1.mvt b/test/integration/assets/tiles/sparse204/1-1-1.mvt
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/test/integration/assets/tiles/sparse204/1-1-1.png b/test/integration/assets/tiles/sparse204/1-1-1.png
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/test/integration/render/run_render_tests.ts b/test/integration/render/run_render_tests.ts
index b08a9a420d..5d23a492be 100644
--- a/test/integration/render/run_render_tests.ts
+++ b/test/integration/render/run_render_tests.ts
@@ -990,12 +990,22 @@ async function executeRenderTests() {
             '--disable-web-security'
         ]});
 
-    const server = http.createServer(
-        st({
-            path: 'test/integration/assets',
-            cors: true,
-        })
-    );
+    const mount = st({
+        path: 'test/integration/assets',
+        cors: true,
+        passthrough: true,
+    });
+    const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
+        mount(req, res, () => {
+            if (req.url.includes('/sparse204/1-')) {
+                res.writeHead(204);
+                res.end('');
+            } else {
+                res.writeHead(404);
+                res.end('');
+            }
+        });
+    });
 
     const mvtServer = http.createServer(
         st({