diff --git a/test/dest.js b/test/dest.js
index 6300f0bc..065ba2ad 100644
--- a/test/dest.js
+++ b/test/dest.js
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ describe('dest stream', function() {
     stream.end();
   });
 
-  it('should not modify file mtime and atime when not provided on the vinyl stat', function(done) {
+  it('should not modify file mtime when not provided on the vinyl stat', function(done) {
     var inputPath = path.join(__dirname, './fixtures/test.coffee');
     var inputBase = path.join(__dirname, './fixtures/');
     var expectedPath = path.join(__dirname, './out-fixtures/test.coffee');
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ describe('dest stream', function() {
       fs.lstatSync(expectedPath).atime.setMilliseconds(0).should.equal(expectedAtime.setMilliseconds(0));
       fs.lstatSync(expectedPath).mtime.setMilliseconds(0).should.equal(expectedMtime.setMilliseconds(0));
       expectedFile.stat.should.not.have.property('mtime');
-      expectedFile.stat.should.not.have.property('atime');
+      expectedFile.stat.should.have.property('atime');
       done();
     };
 
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ describe('dest stream', function() {
       fs.lstatSync(expectedPath).mtime.getTime().should.equal(expectedMtime.getTime());
       expectedFile.stat.should.have.property('mtime');
       expectedFile.stat.mtime.should.equal(expectedMtime);
-      expectedFile.stat.should.not.have.property('atime');
+      expectedFile.stat.should.have.property('atime');
       done();
     };
 
@@ -765,53 +765,6 @@ describe('dest stream', function() {
     stream.end();
   });
 
-  it('should write file atime and mtime using the vinyl stat', function(done) {
-    var inputPath = path.join(__dirname, './fixtures/test.coffee');
-    var inputBase = path.join(__dirname, './fixtures/');
-    var expectedPath = path.join(__dirname, './out-fixtures/test.coffee');
-    var expectedContents = fs.readFileSync(inputPath);
-    var expectedAtime = fs.lstatSync(inputPath).atime;
-    var expectedMtime = fs.lstatSync(inputPath).mtime;
-
-    var expectedFile = new File({
-      base: inputBase,
-      cwd: __dirname,
-      path: inputPath,
-      contents: expectedContents,
-      stat: {
-        atime: expectedAtime,
-        mtime: expectedMtime,
-      },
-    });
-
-    // Node.js uses `utime()`, so `fs.utimes()` has a resolution of 1 second
-    expectedAtime.setMilliseconds(0);
-    expectedMtime.setMilliseconds(0);
-
-    var buffered = [];
-
-    var onEnd = function() {
-      buffered.length.should.equal(1);
-      buffered[0].should.equal(expectedFile);
-      fs.existsSync(expectedPath).should.equal(true);
-      fs.lstatSync(expectedPath).atime.getTime().should.equal(expectedAtime.getTime());
-      fs.lstatSync(expectedPath).mtime.getTime().should.equal(expectedMtime.getTime());
-      expectedFile.stat.should.have.property('mtime');
-      expectedFile.stat.mtime.should.equal(expectedMtime);
-      expectedFile.stat.should.have.property('atime');
-      expectedFile.stat.atime.should.equal(expectedAtime);
-      done();
-    };
-
-    var stream = vfs.dest('./out-fixtures/', { cwd: __dirname });
-
-    var bufferStream = through.obj(dataWrap(buffered.push.bind(buffered)), onEnd);
-
-    stream.pipe(bufferStream);
-    stream.write(expectedFile);
-    stream.end();
-  });
-
   it('should change to the specified base as string', function(done) {
     var inputBase = path.join(__dirname, './fixtures');
     var inputPath = path.join(__dirname, './fixtures/wow/suchempty');
diff --git a/test/src.js b/test/src.js
index 34a6f0e5..7addf1be 100644
--- a/test/src.js
+++ b/test/src.js
@@ -114,10 +114,12 @@ describe('source stream', function() {
     });
     stream.once('end', function() {
       files.length.should.equal(2);
-      files[0].should.eql(expectedFile);
-      bufEqual(files[0].contents, expectedContent).should.equal(true);
-      files[1].should.eql(expectedFile);
-      bufEqual(files[1].contents, expectedContent).should.equal(true);
+      for (var i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
+        files[i].base.should.equal(expectedFile.base);
+        files[i].cwd.should.equal(expectedFile.cwd);
+        files[i].path.should.equal(expectedFile.path);
+        bufEqual(files[i].contents, expectedContent).should.equal(true);
+      }
       done();
     });
     stream.write(expectedFile);