diff --git a/activerecord/test/associations_go_eager_test.rb b/activerecord/test/associations_go_eager_test.rb
index 3aeba9031e..d85a1345b4 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/associations_go_eager_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/associations_go_eager_test.rb
@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ class EagerAssociationTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
   def test_eager_association_loading_with_belongs_to
     comments = Comment.find(:all, :include => :post)
-    assert_equal posts(:welcome).title, comments.first.post.title
-    assert_equal posts(:thinking).title, comments.last.post.title
+    titles = comments.map { |c| c.post.title }
+    assert titles.include?(posts(:welcome).title)
+    assert titles.include?(posts(:thinking).title)
   end
 
   def test_eager_association_loading_with_habtm
diff --git a/activerecord/test/deprecated_associations_test.rb b/activerecord/test/deprecated_associations_test.rb
index b66cc51345..03587070b5 100755
--- a/activerecord/test/deprecated_associations_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/deprecated_associations_test.rb
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class DeprecatedAssociationsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     active_record = Project.find(1)
     assert active_record.has_developers?
     assert_equal 2, active_record.developers_count
-    assert_equal david.name, active_record.developers.first.name
+    assert active_record.developers.include?(david)
   end
 
   def test_has_and_belongs_to_many_removing