diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/net.cpp b/tests/unit_tests/net.cpp
index f24ffb45c..7e6ba4f03 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/net.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/net.cpp
@@ -1040,7 +1040,8 @@ TEST(dandelionpp_map, dropped_connection_remapped)
     boost::uuids::random_generator random_uuid{};
 
     std::vector<boost::uuids::uuid> connections{3};
-    std::generate(connections.begin(), connections.end(), random_uuid);
+    for (auto &e: connections)
+      e = random_uuid();
     std::sort(connections.begin(), connections.end());
 
     // select 3 of 3 outgoing connections
@@ -1070,7 +1071,8 @@ TEST(dandelionpp_map, dropped_connection_remapped)
     }
     std::map<boost::uuids::uuid, boost::uuids::uuid> mapping;
     std::vector<boost::uuids::uuid> in_connections{9};
-    std::generate(in_connections.begin(), in_connections.end(), random_uuid);
+    for (auto &e: in_connections)
+      e = random_uuid();
     {
         std::map<boost::uuids::uuid, std::size_t> used;
         std::multimap<boost::uuids::uuid, boost::uuids::uuid> inverse_mapping;
@@ -1149,7 +1151,8 @@ TEST(dandelionpp_map, dropped_connection_remapped)
     }
     // map 8 new incoming connections across 3 outgoing links
     in_connections.resize(18);
-    std::generate(in_connections.begin() + 10, in_connections.end(), random_uuid);
+    for (size_t i = 10; i < in_connections.size(); ++i)
+      in_connections[i] = random_uuid();
     {
         std::map<boost::uuids::uuid, std::size_t> used;
         for (const boost::uuids::uuid& connection : in_connections)
@@ -1176,7 +1179,8 @@ TEST(dandelionpp_map, dropped_all_connections)
     boost::uuids::random_generator random_uuid{};
 
     std::vector<boost::uuids::uuid> connections{8};
-    std::generate(connections.begin(), connections.end(), random_uuid);
+    for (auto &e: connections)
+      e = random_uuid();
     std::sort(connections.begin(), connections.end());
 
     // select 3 of 8 outgoing connections
@@ -1205,7 +1209,8 @@ TEST(dandelionpp_map, dropped_all_connections)
         }
     }
     std::vector<boost::uuids::uuid> in_connections{9};
-    std::generate(in_connections.begin(), in_connections.end(), random_uuid);
+    for (auto &e: in_connections)
+      e = random_uuid();
     {
         std::map<boost::uuids::uuid, std::size_t> used;
         std::map<boost::uuids::uuid, boost::uuids::uuid> mapping;
@@ -1237,7 +1242,8 @@ TEST(dandelionpp_map, dropped_all_connections)
 
     // select 3 of 30 connections, only 7 should be remapped to new indexes (but all to new uuids)
     connections.resize(30);
-    std::generate(connections.begin(), connections.end(), random_uuid);
+    for (auto &e: connections)
+      e = random_uuid();
     EXPECT_TRUE(mapper.update(connections));
     {
         std::map<boost::uuids::uuid, std::size_t> used;