diff --git a/cypress/integration/unit/test1.js b/cypress/integration/unit/test1.js
index 9ba41d3b..5ff34974 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/unit/test1.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/unit/test1.js
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ describe('Basic Module', function () {
         fu = document.getElementById('foreign-use'),
         nfu = document.getElementById('no-use');
 
-      assert.equal((u && u.nodeName === 'use'), true, 'Did not import <use> element');
+      assert.equal((u && u.nodeName), 'use', 'Did not import <use> element');
       assert.equal(fu, null, 'Removed <use> element that had a foreign href');
       assert.equal(nfu, null, 'Removed <use> element that had no href');
     });
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ describe('Basic Module', function () {
 
       const t = document.getElementById('the-text');
 
-      assert.equal((t && t.nodeName === 'text'), true, 'Did not import <text> element');
+      assert.equal((t && t.nodeName), 'text', 'Did not import <text> element');
       assert.equal(t.getAttribute('d'), null, 'Imported a <text> with a d attribute');
     });
 
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ describe('Basic Module', function () {
       );
       const attrVal = document.getElementById('se_test_elem').getAttributeNS('http://svg-edit.googlecode.com', 'foo');
 
-      assert.equal(attrVal === 'bar', true, 'Preserved namespaced attribute on import');
+      assert.strictEqual(attrVal, 'bar', true, 'Preserved namespaced attribute on import');
 
       const output = svgCanvas.getSvgString();
       // } catch(e) {console.log(e)}
diff --git a/cypress/integration/unit/utilities-performance.js b/cypress/integration/unit/utilities-performance.js
index a23e20ba..4e1e0e9a 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/unit/utilities-performance.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/unit/utilities-performance.js
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ describe('utilities performance', function () {
     }
     total = lastTime - start;
     const ave = total / count;
-    assert.ok(ave < 20, 'svgedit.utilities.getStrokedBBox average execution time is less than 20 ms');
+    assert.isBelow(ave, 20, 'svgedit.utilities.getStrokedBBox average execution time is less than 20 ms');
     console.log('Pass1 svgCanvas.getStrokedBBox total ms ' + total + ', ave ms ' + ave.toFixed(1) + ',\t min/max ' + min + ' ' + max);
 
     // eslint-disable-next-line promise/avoid-new
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ describe('utilities performance', function () {
 
         total = lastTime - strt;
         const avg = total / ct;
-        assert.ok(avg < 2, 'svgedit.utilities.getStrokedBBox average execution time is less than 1 ms');
+        assert.isBelow(avg, 2, 'svgedit.utilities.getStrokedBBox average execution time is less than 1 ms');
         console.log('Pass2 svgCanvas.getStrokedBBox total ms ' + total + ', ave ms ' + avg.toFixed(1) + ',\t min/max ' + min + ' ' + max);
 
         resolve();