diff --git a/lib/app/components/nuxt.js b/lib/app/components/nuxt.js
index 380bf5f110..d6eee5c000 100644
--- a/lib/app/components/nuxt.js
+++ b/lib/app/components/nuxt.js
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ export default {
   name: 'nuxt',
   props: ['nuxtChildKey'],
   render(h) {
-    if (this.nuxt._redirected) {
-      return h('div', [ '<%= messages.redirect %>' ])
-    }
     // If there is some error
     if (this.nuxt.err) {
       return h('nuxt-error', {
diff --git a/lib/app/utils.js b/lib/app/utils.js
index 7942fbdd21..b29804577a 100644
--- a/lib/app/utils.js
+++ b/lib/app/utils.js
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ export async function setContext(app, context) {
       if (pathType === 'object') {
         path = app.router.resolve(path).href
       }
+      console.log(path, query)
       // "/absolute/route", "./relative/route" or "../relative/route"
       if (/(^[.]{1,2}\/)|(^\/(?!\/))/.test(path)) {
         app.context.next({
@@ -147,12 +148,16 @@ export async function setContext(app, context) {
       } else {
         path = formatUrl(path, query)
         if (process.server) {
-          app.context.res.setHeader('Location', path)
-          app.context.res.statusCode = status
-          app.nuxt._redirected = true
+          app.context.next({
+            path: path,
+            status: status
+          })
         }
         if (process.client) {
           window.location = path
+          return new Promise((resolve) => {
+            // Wait for broswer to redirect...
+          })
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/lib/common/options.js b/lib/common/options.js
index d4648917c2..3a1bf9f5ac 100755
--- a/lib/common/options.js
+++ b/lib/common/options.js
@@ -324,7 +324,6 @@ Options.defaults = {
       'An error occurred in the application and your page could not be served. If you are the application owner, check your logs for details.',
     client_error: 'Error',
     client_error_details:
-      'An error occurred while rendering the page. Check developer tools console for details.',
-    redirect: 'Redirecting to external page.'
+      'An error occurred while rendering the page. Check developer tools console for details.'
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/basic.csr.test.js b/test/basic.csr.test.js
index ff6f3cb3d6..eb430a62a0 100644
--- a/test/basic.csr.test.js
+++ b/test/basic.csr.test.js
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ test.serial('/store', async t => {
 
 test.serial('/head', async t => {
   const msg = new Promise(resolve =>
-    page.on('console', msg => resolve(msg.text))
+    page.on('console', msg => resolve(msg.text()))
   )
   await page.nuxt.navigate('/head')
   const metas = await page.$$attr('meta', 'content')
@@ -209,14 +209,16 @@ test.serial('/fn-midd?please=true', async t => {
 test.serial('/router-guard', async t => {
   await page.nuxt.navigate('/router-guard')
 
-  t.is(await page.$text('p'), 'Nuxt.js')
+  const p = await page.$text('p')
+  t.is(p, 'Nuxt.js')
+})
+
+test.after.always('Stop browser', async () => {
+  process.on('unhandledRejection', () => {})
+  await browser.stop()
 })
 
 // Close server and ask nuxt to stop listening to file changes
-test.after.always('Closing server and nuxt.js', async t => {
+test.after.always('Closing server and nuxt.js', async () => {
   await nuxt.close()
 })
-
-test.after.always('Stop browser', async t => {
-  await browser.stop()
-})
diff --git a/test/basic.ssr.test.js b/test/basic.ssr.test.js
index fdc65fc967..26e7cf107e 100755
--- a/test/basic.ssr.test.js
+++ b/test/basic.ssr.test.js
@@ -146,16 +146,19 @@ test('/redirect -> check redirected source', async t => {
 })
 
 test('/redirect -> external link', async t => {
-  const headers = {}
+  let _headers, _status
   const { html } = await nuxt.renderRoute('/redirect-external', {
     res: {
-      setHeader(k, v) {
-        headers[k] = v
-      }
+      writeHead(status, headers) {
+        _status = status
+        _headers = headers
+      },
+      end() {}
     }
   })
-  t.is(headers.Location, 'https://nuxtjs.org')
-  t.true(html.includes('<div>Redirecting to external page.</div>'))
+  t.is(_status, 302)
+  t.is(_headers.Location, 'https://nuxtjs.org')
+  t.true(html.includes('<div data-server-rendered="true"></div>'))
 })
 
 test('/special-state -> check window.__NUXT__.test = true', async t => {