diff --git a/test/cli/config.js b/test/cli/config.js
index 8de6595978..9f13d81b25 100644
--- a/test/cli/config.js
+++ b/test/cli/config.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ describe('config', () => runOnAndOff((thing) => {
   before(() => {
     ipfs = thing.ipfs
     configPath = path.join(ipfs.repoPath, 'config')
-    originalConfigPath = path.join(__dirname, '../test-data/go-ipfs-repo/config')
+    originalConfigPath = path.join(__dirname, '../go-ipfs-repo/config')
     updatedConfig = () => JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(configPath, 'utf8'))
     restoreConfig = () => fs.writeFileSync(configPath, fs.readFileSync(originalConfigPath, 'utf8'), 'utf8')
   })
diff --git a/test/http-api/over-ipfs-api/object.js b/test/http-api/over-ipfs-api/object.js
index 5664c57c8f..105b25bdd3 100644
--- a/test/http-api/over-ipfs-api/object.js
+++ b/test/http-api/over-ipfs-api/object.js
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ module.exports = (ctl) => {
         const key = 'QmdfTbBqBPQ7VNxZEYEj14VmRuZBkqFbiwReogJgS1zR1n'
         const filePath = 'test/test-data/badnode.json'
         const expectedResult = {
-          data: fs.readFileSync(filePath).toString(),
+          data: fs.readFileSync(filePath),
           multihash: 'QmfY37rjbPCZRnhvvJuQ46htW3VCAWziVB991P79h6WSv6',
           links: [],
           size: 19
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ module.exports = (ctl) => {
         const key = 'QmfY37rjbPCZRnhvvJuQ46htW3VCAWziVB991P79h6WSv6'
         const filePath = 'test/test-data/badnode.json'
         const expectedResult = {
-          data: fs.readFileSync(filePath).toString(),
+          data: fs.readFileSync(filePath),
           multihash: 'QmfY37rjbPCZRnhvvJuQ46htW3VCAWziVB991P79h6WSv6',
           links: [],
           size: 19