diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/context/HttpTraceContext.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/context/HttpTraceContext.test.ts
index 4570a3b2f14..757dc688f8a 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/context/HttpTraceContext.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/context/HttpTraceContext.test.ts
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ describe('HttpTraceContext', () => {
         carrier,
         defaultTextMapSetter
       );
-      assert.deepStrictEqual(carrier[TRACE_PARENT_HEADER], undefined);
-      assert.deepStrictEqual(carrier[TRACE_STATE_HEADER], undefined);
+      assert.strictEqual(carrier[TRACE_PARENT_HEADER], undefined);
+      assert.strictEqual(carrier[TRACE_STATE_HEADER], undefined);
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-b3/test/B3MultiPropagator.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-b3/test/B3MultiPropagator.test.ts
index 5480ac87a56..a415c226035 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-b3/test/B3MultiPropagator.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-b3/test/B3MultiPropagator.test.ts
@@ -151,10 +151,10 @@ describe('B3MultiPropagator', () => {
         carrier,
         defaultTextMapSetter
       );
-      assert.deepStrictEqual(carrier[X_B3_TRACE_ID], undefined);
-      assert.deepStrictEqual(carrier[X_B3_SPAN_ID], undefined);
-      assert.deepStrictEqual(carrier[X_B3_FLAGS], undefined);
-      assert.deepStrictEqual(carrier[X_B3_PARENT_SPAN_ID], undefined);
+      assert.strictEqual(carrier[X_B3_TRACE_ID], undefined);
+      assert.strictEqual(carrier[X_B3_SPAN_ID], undefined);
+      assert.strictEqual(carrier[X_B3_FLAGS], undefined);
+      assert.strictEqual(carrier[X_B3_PARENT_SPAN_ID], undefined);
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/test/JaegerHttpTracePropagator.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/test/JaegerHttpTracePropagator.test.ts
index e8f39c9208a..21f81bf10b8 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/test/JaegerHttpTracePropagator.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/test/JaegerHttpTracePropagator.test.ts
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ describe('JaegerHttpTracePropagator', () => {
         carrier,
         defaultTextMapSetter
       );
-      assert.deepStrictEqual(carrier[UBER_TRACE_ID_HEADER], undefined);
+      assert.strictEqual(carrier[UBER_TRACE_ID_HEADER], undefined);
     });
   });