diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-parser.js b/test/parallel/test-http-parser.js
index f0a525cda3cf0b..efffbc63f231d5 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-parser.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-parser.js
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ const binding = process.binding('http_parser');
 const methods = binding.methods;
 const HTTPParser = binding.HTTPParser;
 
-const CRLF = '\r\n';
 const REQUEST = HTTPParser.REQUEST;
 const RESPONSE = HTTPParser.RESPONSE;
 
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ function expectBody(expected) {
 // Simple request test.
 //
 {
-  const request = Buffer.from(`GET /hello HTTP/1.1${CRLF}${CRLF}`);
+  const request = Buffer.from('GET /hello HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n');
 
   const onHeadersComplete = (versionMajor, versionMinor, headers,
                              method, url, statusCode, statusMessage,
@@ -129,11 +128,12 @@ function expectBody(expected) {
 //
 {
   const request = Buffer.from(
-      'HTTP/1.1 200 OK' + CRLF +
-      'Content-Type: text/plain' + CRLF +
-      'Content-Length: 4' + CRLF +
-      CRLF +
-      'pong');
+    'HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n' +
+    'Content-Type: text/plain\r\n' +
+    'Content-Length: 4\r\n' +
+    '\r\n' +
+    'pong'
+  );
 
   const onHeadersComplete = (versionMajor, versionMinor, headers,
                              method, url, statusCode, statusMessage,
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ function expectBody(expected) {
 //
 {
   const request = Buffer.from(
-    `HTTP/1.0 200 Connection established${CRLF}${CRLF}`);
+    'HTTP/1.0 200 Connection established\r\n\r\n');
 
   const onHeadersComplete = (versionMajor, versionMinor, headers,
                              method, url, statusCode, statusMessage,
@@ -186,15 +186,16 @@ function expectBody(expected) {
 //
 {
   const request = Buffer.from(
-      'POST /it HTTP/1.1' + CRLF +
-      'Transfer-Encoding: chunked' + CRLF +
-      CRLF +
-      '4' + CRLF +
-      'ping' + CRLF +
-      '0' + CRLF +
-      'Vary: *' + CRLF +
-      'Content-Type: text/plain' + CRLF +
-      CRLF);
+    'POST /it HTTP/1.1\r\n' +
+    'Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n' +
+    '\r\n' +
+    '4\r\n' +
+    'ping\r\n' +
+    '0\r\n' +
+    'Vary: *\r\n' +
+    'Content-Type: text/plain\r\n' +
+    '\r\n'
+  );
 
   let seen_body = false;
 
@@ -233,11 +234,12 @@ function expectBody(expected) {
 //
 {
   const request = Buffer.from(
-      'GET / HTTP/1.0' + CRLF +
-      'X-Filler: 1337' + CRLF +
-      'X-Filler:   42' + CRLF +
-      'X-Filler2:  42' + CRLF +
-      CRLF);
+    'GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n' +
+    'X-Filler: 1337\r\n' +
+    'X-Filler:   42\r\n' +
+    'X-Filler2:  42\r\n' +
+    '\r\n'
+  );
 
   const onHeadersComplete = (versionMajor, versionMinor, headers,
                              method, url, statusCode, statusMessage,
@@ -246,8 +248,8 @@ function expectBody(expected) {
     assert.strictEqual(versionMajor, 1);
     assert.strictEqual(versionMinor, 0);
     assert.deepStrictEqual(
-        headers || parser.headers,
-        ['X-Filler', '1337', 'X-Filler', '42', 'X-Filler2', '42']);
+      headers || parser.headers,
+      ['X-Filler', '1337', 'X-Filler', '42', 'X-Filler2', '42']);
   };
 
   const parser = newParser(REQUEST);
@@ -261,12 +263,13 @@ function expectBody(expected) {
 //
 {
   // 256 X-Filler headers
-  const lots_of_headers = `X-Filler: 42${CRLF}`.repeat(256);
+  const lots_of_headers = 'X-Filler: 42\r\n'.repeat(256);
 
   const request = Buffer.from(
-      'GET /foo/bar/baz?quux=42#1337 HTTP/1.0' + CRLF +
-      lots_of_headers +
-      CRLF);
+    'GET /foo/bar/baz?quux=42#1337 HTTP/1.0\r\n' +
+    lots_of_headers +
+    '\r\n'
+  );
 
   const onHeadersComplete = (versionMajor, versionMinor, headers,
                              method, url, statusCode, statusMessage,
@@ -296,11 +299,12 @@ function expectBody(expected) {
 //
 {
   const request = Buffer.from(
-      'POST /it HTTP/1.1' + CRLF +
-      'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' + CRLF +
-      'Content-Length: 15' + CRLF +
-      CRLF +
-      'foo=42&bar=1337');
+    'POST /it HTTP/1.1\r\n' +
+    'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n' +
+    'Content-Length: 15\r\n' +
+    '\r\n' +
+    'foo=42&bar=1337'
+  );
 
   const onHeadersComplete = (versionMajor, versionMinor, headers,
                              method, url, statusCode, statusMessage,
@@ -328,17 +332,18 @@ function expectBody(expected) {
 //
 {
   const request = Buffer.from(
-      'POST /it HTTP/1.1' + CRLF +
-      'Content-Type: text/plain' + CRLF +
-      'Transfer-Encoding: chunked' + CRLF +
-      CRLF +
-      '3' + CRLF +
-      '123' + CRLF +
-      '6' + CRLF +
-      '123456' + CRLF +
-      'A' + CRLF +
-      '1234567890' + CRLF +
-      '0' + CRLF);
+    'POST /it HTTP/1.1\r\n' +
+    'Content-Type: text/plain\r\n' +
+    'Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n' +
+    '\r\n' +
+    '3\r\n' +
+    '123\r\n' +
+    '6\r\n' +
+    '123456\r\n' +
+    'A\r\n' +
+    '1234567890\r\n' +
+    '0\r\n'
+  );
 
   const onHeadersComplete = (versionMajor, versionMinor, headers,
                              method, url, statusCode, statusMessage,
@@ -369,14 +374,15 @@ function expectBody(expected) {
 //
 {
   let request = Buffer.from(
-      'POST /it HTTP/1.1' + CRLF +
-      'Content-Type: text/plain' + CRLF +
-      'Transfer-Encoding: chunked' + CRLF +
-      CRLF +
-      '3' + CRLF +
-      '123' + CRLF +
-      '6' + CRLF +
-      '123456' + CRLF);
+    'POST /it HTTP/1.1\r\n' +
+    'Content-Type: text/plain\r\n' +
+    'Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n' +
+    '\r\n' +
+    '3\r\n' +
+    '123\r\n' +
+    '6\r\n' +
+    '123456\r\n'
+  );
 
   const onHeadersComplete = (versionMajor, versionMinor, headers,
                              method, url, statusCode, statusMessage,
@@ -402,13 +408,14 @@ function expectBody(expected) {
   parser.execute(request, 0, request.length);
 
   request = Buffer.from(
-      '9' + CRLF +
-      '123456789' + CRLF +
-      'C' + CRLF +
-      '123456789ABC' + CRLF +
-      'F' + CRLF +
-      '123456789ABCDEF' + CRLF +
-      '0' + CRLF);
+    '9\r\n' +
+    '123456789\r\n' +
+    'C\r\n' +
+    '123456789ABC\r\n' +
+    'F\r\n' +
+    '123456789ABCDEF\r\n' +
+    '0\r\n'
+  );
 
   parser.execute(request, 0, request.length);
 }
@@ -419,21 +426,22 @@ function expectBody(expected) {
 //
 {
   const request = Buffer.from(
-      'POST /helpme HTTP/1.1' + CRLF +
-      'Content-Type: text/plain' + CRLF +
-      'Transfer-Encoding: chunked' + CRLF +
-      CRLF +
-      '3' + CRLF +
-      '123' + CRLF +
-      '6' + CRLF +
-      '123456' + CRLF +
-      '9' + CRLF +
-      '123456789' + CRLF +
-      'C' + CRLF +
-      '123456789ABC' + CRLF +
-      'F' + CRLF +
-      '123456789ABCDEF' + CRLF +
-      '0' + CRLF);
+    'POST /helpme HTTP/1.1\r\n' +
+    'Content-Type: text/plain\r\n' +
+    'Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n' +
+    '\r\n' +
+    '3\r\n' +
+    '123\r\n' +
+    '6\r\n' +
+    '123456\r\n' +
+    '9\r\n' +
+    '123456789\r\n' +
+    'C\r\n' +
+    '123456789ABC\r\n' +
+    'F\r\n' +
+    '123456789ABCDEF\r\n' +
+    '0\r\n'
+  );
 
   function test(a, b) {
     const onHeadersComplete = (versionMajor, versionMinor, headers,
@@ -477,21 +485,22 @@ function expectBody(expected) {
 //
 {
   const request = Buffer.from(
-      'POST /it HTTP/1.1' + CRLF +
-      'Content-Type: text/plain' + CRLF +
-      'Transfer-Encoding: chunked' + CRLF +
-      CRLF +
-      '3' + CRLF +
-      '123' + CRLF +
-      '6' + CRLF +
-      '123456' + CRLF +
-      '9' + CRLF +
-      '123456789' + CRLF +
-      'C' + CRLF +
-      '123456789ABC' + CRLF +
-      'F' + CRLF +
-      '123456789ABCDEF' + CRLF +
-      '0' + CRLF);
+    'POST /it HTTP/1.1\r\n' +
+    'Content-Type: text/plain\r\n' +
+    'Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n' +
+    '\r\n' +
+    '3\r\n' +
+    '123\r\n' +
+    '6\r\n' +
+    '123456\r\n' +
+    '9\r\n' +
+    '123456789\r\n' +
+    'C\r\n' +
+    '123456789ABC\r\n' +
+    'F\r\n' +
+    '123456789ABCDEF\r\n' +
+    '0\r\n'
+  );
 
   const onHeadersComplete = (versionMajor, versionMinor, headers,
                              method, url, statusCode, statusMessage,
@@ -501,8 +510,8 @@ function expectBody(expected) {
     assert.strictEqual(versionMajor, 1);
     assert.strictEqual(versionMinor, 1);
     assert.deepStrictEqual(
-        headers || parser.headers,
-        ['Content-Type', 'text/plain', 'Transfer-Encoding', 'chunked']);
+      headers || parser.headers,
+      ['Content-Type', 'text/plain', 'Transfer-Encoding', 'chunked']);
   };
 
   let expected_body = '123123456123456789123456789ABC123456789ABCDEF';
@@ -530,20 +539,22 @@ function expectBody(expected) {
 //
 {
   const req1 = Buffer.from(
-      'PUT /this HTTP/1.1' + CRLF +
-      'Content-Type: text/plain' + CRLF +
-      'Transfer-Encoding: chunked' + CRLF +
-      CRLF +
-      '4' + CRLF +
-      'ping' + CRLF +
-      '0' + CRLF);
+    'PUT /this HTTP/1.1\r\n' +
+    'Content-Type: text/plain\r\n' +
+    'Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n' +
+    '\r\n' +
+    '4\r\n' +
+    'ping\r\n' +
+    '0\r\n'
+  );
 
   const req2 = Buffer.from(
-      'POST /that HTTP/1.0' + CRLF +
-      'Content-Type: text/plain' + CRLF +
-      'Content-Length: 4' + CRLF +
-      CRLF +
-      'pong');
+    'POST /that HTTP/1.0\r\n' +
+    'Content-Type: text/plain\r\n' +
+    'Content-Length: 4\r\n' +
+    '\r\n' +
+    'pong'
+  );
 
   const onHeadersComplete1 = (versionMajor, versionMinor, headers,
                               method, url, statusCode, statusMessage,
@@ -553,8 +564,8 @@ function expectBody(expected) {
     assert.strictEqual(versionMajor, 1);
     assert.strictEqual(versionMinor, 1);
     assert.deepStrictEqual(
-        headers,
-        ['Content-Type', 'text/plain', 'Transfer-Encoding', 'chunked']);
+      headers,
+      ['Content-Type', 'text/plain', 'Transfer-Encoding', 'chunked']);
   };
 
   const onHeadersComplete2 = (versionMajor, versionMinor, headers,
@@ -584,7 +595,7 @@ function expectBody(expected) {
 // Test parser 'this' safety
 // https://github.com/joyent/node/issues/6690
 assert.throws(function() {
-  const request = Buffer.from(`GET /hello HTTP/1.1${CRLF}${CRLF}`);
+  const request = Buffer.from('GET /hello HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n');
 
   const parser = newParser(REQUEST);
   const notparser = { execute: parser.execute };