diff --git a/tests/local/test_library.py b/tests/local/test_library.py
index 575f1fb8..882b992b 100644
--- a/tests/local/test_library.py
+++ b/tests/local/test_library.py
@@ -284,8 +284,9 @@ class LocalLibraryProviderTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
         # Matches on track album artists
         result = self.library.find_exact(any=['artist3'])
-        self.assertEqual(
-            list(result[0].tracks), [self.tracks[3], self.tracks[2]])
+        self.assertEqual(len(result[0].tracks), 2)
+        self.assertIn(self.tracks[2], result[0].tracks)
+        self.assertIn(self.tracks[3], result[0].tracks)
 
         # Matches on track composer
         result = self.library.find_exact(any=['artist5'])
@@ -502,8 +503,9 @@ class LocalLibraryProviderTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
         # Matches on track album artists
         result = self.library.search(any=['Tist3'])
-        self.assertEqual(
-            list(result[0].tracks), [self.tracks[3], self.tracks[2]])
+        self.assertEqual(len(result[0].tracks), 2)
+        self.assertIn(self.tracks[2], result[0].tracks)
+        self.assertIn(self.tracks[3], result[0].tracks)
 
         # Matches on track genre
         result = self.library.search(any=['Enre1'])
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_jsonrpc.py b/tests/utils/test_jsonrpc.py
index 6bd6a32b..4ddb6611 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_jsonrpc.py
+++ b/tests/utils/test_jsonrpc.py
@@ -91,10 +91,13 @@ class JsonRpcSerializationTest(JsonRpcTestBase):
         self.jrw.handle_data.return_value = {'foo': models.Artist(name='bar')}
 
         request = '[]'
-        response = self.jrw.handle_json(request)
+        response = json.loads(self.jrw.handle_json(request))
 
-        self.assertEqual(
-            response, '{"foo": {"__model__": "Artist", "name": "bar"}}')
+        self.assertIn('foo', response)
+        self.assertIn('__model__', response['foo'])
+        self.assertEqual(response['foo']['__model__'], 'Artist')
+        self.assertIn('name', response['foo'])
+        self.assertEqual(response['foo']['name'], 'bar')
 
     def test_handle_json_returns_nothing_for_notices(self):
         request = '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "core.get_uri_schemes"}'