diff --git a/tsdb/head_test.go b/tsdb/head_test.go
index c4bb77467..a9350ecb9 100644
--- a/tsdb/head_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/head_test.go
@@ -679,10 +679,10 @@ func TestHead_ReadWAL(t *testing.T) {
 			s50 := head.series.getByID(50)
 			s100 := head.series.getByID(100)
 
-			require.Equal(t, labels.FromStrings("a", "1"), s10.lset)
-			require.Equal(t, (*memSeries)(nil), s11) // Series without samples should be garbage collected at head.Init().
-			require.Equal(t, labels.FromStrings("a", "4"), s50.lset)
-			require.Equal(t, labels.FromStrings("a", "3"), s100.lset)
+			testutil.RequireEqual(t, labels.FromStrings("a", "1"), s10.lset)
+			require.Nil(t, s11) // Series without samples should be garbage collected at head.Init().
+			testutil.RequireEqual(t, labels.FromStrings("a", "4"), s50.lset)
+			testutil.RequireEqual(t, labels.FromStrings("a", "3"), s100.lset)
 
 			expandChunk := func(c chunkenc.Iterator) (x []sample) {
 				for c.Next() == chunkenc.ValFloat {
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ func TestHead_ReadWAL(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			e, err := q.Select(0, 1000, []*labels.Matcher{labels.MustNewMatcher(labels.MatchEqual, "a", "1")})
 			require.NoError(t, err)
-			require.Equal(t, exemplar.Exemplar{Ts: 100, Value: 1, Labels: labels.FromStrings("traceID", "asdf")}, e[0].Exemplars[0])
+			require.True(t, exemplar.Exemplar{Ts: 100, Value: 1, Labels: labels.FromStrings("traceID", "asdf")}.Equals(e[0].Exemplars[0]))
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tsdb/repair_test.go b/tsdb/repair_test.go
index c199ecdd4..8a70e05f3 100644
--- a/tsdb/repair_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/repair_test.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/chunks"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/fileutil"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/index"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/testutil"
 )
 
 func TestRepairBadIndexVersion(t *testing.T) {
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ func TestRepairBadIndexVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	require.NoError(t, p.Err())
-	require.Equal(t, []labels.Labels{
+	testutil.RequireEqual(t, []labels.Labels{
 		labels.FromStrings("a", "1", "b", "1"),
 		labels.FromStrings("a", "2", "b", "1"),
 	}, res)