diff --git a/src/aio/apis/epoll.zig b/src/aio/apis/epoll.zig
index 12067eb..c086333 100644
--- a/src/aio/apis/epoll.zig
+++ b/src/aio/apis/epoll.zig
@@ -369,31 +369,15 @@ pub const AsyncEpoll = struct {
 
                             break :blk .{ .accept = result };
                         },
-                        .connect => |inner| {
+                        .connect => |_| {
                             assert(event.events & std.os.linux.EPOLL.OUT != 0);
 
                             const result: ConnectResult = result: {
-                                std.posix.connect(
-                                    inner.socket,
-                                    &inner.addr.any,
-                                    inner.addr.getOsSockLen(),
-                                ) catch |e| {
-                                    const err = switch (e) {
-                                        std.posix.ConnectError.WouldBlock => {
-                                            job_complete = false;
-                                            continue;
-                                        },
-                                        else => ConnectError.Unexpected,
-                                    };
-
-                                    break :result .{ .err = err };
-                                };
-
-                                break :result .{ .actual = .{
-                                    .handle = inner.socket,
-                                    .addr = inner.addr,
-                                    .kind = inner.kind,
-                                } };
+                                if (event.events & std.os.linux.EPOLL.ERR != 0) {
+                                    break :result .{ .err = ConnectError.Unexpected };
+                                } else {
+                                    break :result .actual;
+                                }
                             };
 
                             break :blk .{ .connect = result };
diff --git a/src/aio/apis/io_uring.zig b/src/aio/apis/io_uring.zig
index 8f29cfc..8404c83 100644
--- a/src/aio/apis/io_uring.zig
+++ b/src/aio/apis/io_uring.zig
@@ -584,12 +584,8 @@ pub const AsyncIoUring = struct {
 
                         break :blk .{ .accept = result };
                     },
-                    .connect => |inner| {
-                        if (cqe.res >= 0) break :blk .{
-                            .connect = .{
-                                .actual = .{ .handle = inner.socket, .addr = inner.addr, .kind = inner.kind },
-                            },
-                        };
+                    .connect => |_| {
+                        if (cqe.res >= 0) break :blk .{ .connect = .actual };
 
                         const result: ConnectResult = result: {
                             const e: LinuxError = @enumFromInt(-cqe.res);
diff --git a/src/aio/apis/kqueue.zig b/src/aio/apis/kqueue.zig
index 0620db9..0a1d5a1 100644
--- a/src/aio/apis/kqueue.zig
+++ b/src/aio/apis/kqueue.zig
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ pub const AsyncKqueue = struct {
 
                             break :blk .{ .accept = result };
                         },
-                        .connect => |inner| {
+                        .connect => |_| {
                             assert(event.filter == std.posix.system.EVFILT_WRITE);
 
                             const result: ConnectResult = result: {
@@ -412,13 +412,7 @@ pub const AsyncKqueue = struct {
                                         else => ConnectError.Unexpected,
                                     };
                                     break :result .{ .err = err };
-                                } else break :result .{
-                                    .actual = .{
-                                        .handle = inner.socket,
-                                        .addr = inner.addr,
-                                        .kind = inner.kind,
-                                    },
-                                };
+                                } else break :result .actual;
                             };
 
                             break :blk .{ .connect = result };
diff --git a/src/aio/apis/poll.zig b/src/aio/apis/poll.zig
index 745fcd7..837ff4c 100644
--- a/src/aio/apis/poll.zig
+++ b/src/aio/apis/poll.zig
@@ -334,21 +334,13 @@ pub const AsyncPoll = struct {
                                 },
                             };
                         },
-                        .connect => |inner| {
+                        .connect => |_| {
                             assert(pollfd.revents & std.posix.POLL.OUT != 0);
 
                             if (pollfd.revents & std.posix.POLL.ERR != 0) {
                                 break :result .{ .connect = .{ .err = ConnectError.Unexpected } };
                             } else {
-                                break :result .{
-                                    .connect = .{
-                                        .actual = .{
-                                            .handle = inner.socket,
-                                            .addr = inner.addr,
-                                            .kind = inner.kind,
-                                        },
-                                    },
-                                };
+                                break :result .{ .connect = .actual };
                             }
                         },
                         .recv => |inner| {
diff --git a/src/aio/completion.zig b/src/aio/completion.zig
index 2186ab6..89ae21c 100644
--- a/src/aio/completion.zig
+++ b/src/aio/completion.zig
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ pub const DeleteError = error{
 
 pub const AcceptResult = Resulted(Socket, AcceptError);
 
-pub const ConnectResult = Resulted(Socket, ConnectError);
+pub const ConnectResult = Resulted(void, ConnectError);
 pub const RecvResult = Resulted(usize, RecvError);
 
 pub const SendResult = Resulted(usize, SendError);
diff --git a/src/net/socket.zig b/src/net/socket.zig
index 515c1b9..f15d701 100644
--- a/src/net/socket.zig
+++ b/src/net/socket.zig
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ pub const Socket = struct {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn connect(self: Socket, rt: *Runtime) !Socket {
+    pub fn connect(self: Socket, rt: *Runtime) !void {
         if (rt.aio.features.has_capability(.connect)) {
             try rt.scheduler.io_await(.{
                 .connect = .{
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ pub const Socket = struct {
 
             const index = rt.current_task.?;
             const task = rt.scheduler.tasks.get(index);
-            return try task.result.connect.unwrap();
+            try task.result.connect.unwrap();
         } else {
             while (true) {
                 break std.posix.connect(
@@ -202,8 +202,6 @@ pub const Socket = struct {
                     else => ConnectError.Unexpected,
                 };
             }
-
-            return self;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/tcp_chain.zig b/test/e2e/tcp_chain.zig
index 29edd3f..5605448 100644
--- a/test/e2e/tcp_chain.zig
+++ b/test/e2e/tcp_chain.zig
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ pub const TcpClientChain = struct {
             const current_step = chain.steps[chain.index];
             log.debug("client chain step: {s}", .{@tagName(current_step)});
             switch (current_step) {
-                .connect => _ = try socket.connect(rt),
+                .connect => try socket.connect(rt),
                 .recv => {
                     const length = socket.recv(rt, chain.buffer) catch |e| switch (e) {
                         error.Closed => break :chain,