diff --git a/test/simple/test-module-loading.js b/test/simple/test-module-loading.js
index 6c092850573..25002fa6f04 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-module-loading.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-module-loading.js
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ common.debug('load modules by absolute id, then change require.paths, ' +
              'and load another module with the same absolute id.');
 // this will throw if it fails.
 var foo = require('../fixtures/require-path/p1/foo');
-process.assert(foo.bar.expect === foo.bar.actual);
+assert.ok(foo.bar.expect === foo.bar.actual);
 
 assert.equal(require('../fixtures/foo').foo, 'ok',
              'require module with no extension');
diff --git a/test/simple/test-net-binary.js b/test/simple/test-net-binary.js
index 5e56213136d..616e0652655 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-net-binary.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-net-binary.js
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ for (var i = 255; i >= 0; i--) {
                JSON.stringify(String.fromCharCode(i)) +
                ' ' +
                S.charCodeAt(0));
-  process.assert(S.charCodeAt(0) == i);
-  process.assert(S == String.fromCharCode(i));
+  assert.ok(S.charCodeAt(0) == i);
+  assert.ok(S == String.fromCharCode(i));
   binaryString += S;
 }