diff --git a/test/app.all.js b/test/app.all.js
index e9ef08831d..45c3ddb93b 100644
--- a/test/app.all.js
+++ b/test/app.all.js
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
 
+var after = require('after')
 var express = require('../')
   , request = require('supertest');
 
 describe('app.all()', function(){
   it('should add a router per method', function(done){
     var app = express();
+    var cb = after(2, done)
 
     app.all('/tobi', function(req, res){
       res.end(req.method);
     });
 
     request(app)
-    .put('/tobi')
-    .expect('PUT', function(){
-      request(app)
+      .put('/tobi')
+      .expect(200, 'PUT', cb)
+
+    request(app)
       .get('/tobi')
-      .expect('GET', done);
-    });
+      .expect(200, 'GET', cb)
   })
 
   it('should run the callback for a method just once', function(done){
diff --git a/test/app.head.js b/test/app.head.js
index b417ca0c92..6aa1bb8003 100644
--- a/test/app.head.js
+++ b/test/app.head.js
@@ -46,23 +46,20 @@ describe('HEAD', function(){
 describe('app.head()', function(){
   it('should override', function(done){
     var app = express()
-      , called;
 
     app.head('/tobi', function(req, res){
-      called = true;
-      res.end('');
+      res.header('x-method', 'head')
+      res.end()
     });
 
     app.get('/tobi', function(req, res){
-      assert(0, 'should not call GET');
+      res.header('x-method', 'get')
       res.send('tobi');
     });
 
     request(app)
-    .head('/tobi')
-    .expect(200, function(){
-      assert(called);
-      done();
-    });
+      .head('/tobi')
+      .expect('x-method', 'head')
+      .expect(200, done)
   })
 })
diff --git a/test/app.router.js b/test/app.router.js
index 6edb93d6ea..8c98aa869b 100644
--- a/test/app.router.js
+++ b/test/app.router.js
@@ -636,18 +636,19 @@ describe('app.router', function(){
 
     it('should work cross-segment', function(done){
       var app = express();
+      var cb = after(2, done)
 
       app.get('/api*', function(req, res){
         res.send(req.params[0]);
       });
 
       request(app)
-      .get('/api')
-      .expect('', function(){
-        request(app)
+        .get('/api')
+        .expect(200, '', cb)
+
+      request(app)
         .get('/api/hey')
-        .expect('/hey', done);
-      });
+        .expect(200, '/hey', cb)
     })
 
     it('should allow naming', function(done){
@@ -863,36 +864,38 @@ describe('app.router', function(){
   describe('.:name', function(){
     it('should denote a format', function(done){
       var app = express();
+      var cb = after(2, done)
 
       app.get('/:name.:format', function(req, res){
         res.end(req.params.name + ' as ' + req.params.format);
       });
 
       request(app)
-      .get('/foo.json')
-      .expect('foo as json', function(){
-        request(app)
+        .get('/foo.json')
+        .expect(200, 'foo as json', cb)
+
+      request(app)
         .get('/foo')
-        .expect(404, done);
-      });
+        .expect(404, cb)
     })
   })
 
   describe('.:name?', function(){
     it('should denote an optional format', function(done){
       var app = express();
+      var cb = after(2, done)
 
       app.get('/:name.:format?', function(req, res){
         res.end(req.params.name + ' as ' + (req.params.format || 'html'));
       });
 
       request(app)
-      .get('/foo')
-      .expect('foo as html', function(){
-        request(app)
+        .get('/foo')
+        .expect(200, 'foo as html', cb)
+
+      request(app)
         .get('/foo.json')
-        .expect('foo as json', done);
-      });
+        .expect(200, 'foo as json', done)
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/test/app.use.js b/test/app.use.js
index 7987405a8b..55ba0689c8 100644
--- a/test/app.use.js
+++ b/test/app.use.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ describe('app', function(){
       var blog = express()
         , forum = express()
         , app = express();
+      var cb = after(2, done)
 
       blog.get('/', function(req, res){
         res.end('blog');
@@ -50,12 +51,12 @@ describe('app', function(){
       app.use('/forum', forum);
 
       request(app)
-      .get('/blog')
-      .expect('blog', function(){
-        request(app)
+        .get('/blog')
+        .expect(200, 'blog', cb)
+
+      request(app)
         .get('/forum')
-        .expect('forum', done);
-      });
+        .expect(200, 'forum', done)
     })
 
     it('should set the child\'s .parent', function(){