diff --git a/test/unit/specs/host.js b/test/unit/specs/host.js
index fb7f49bb1..ce7f89263 100644
--- a/test/unit/specs/host.js
+++ b/test/unit/specs/host.js
@@ -2,19 +2,23 @@ var Host = require('../../../src/lib/host');
 var _ = require('lodash-node');
 var expect = require('expect.js');
 var url = require('url');
+var expectSubObject = require('../../utils/expect_sub_object');
+
+var hostDefaults = {
+  protocol: 'http',
+  host: 'localhost',
+  port: 9200,
+  path: '',
+  auth: null,
+  query: {},
+  headers: null
+};
 
 describe('Host class', function () {
   describe('construction', function () {
     it('properly sets the defaults', function () {
       var host = new Host();
-      expect(host).to.eql({
-        protocol: 'http',
-        host: 'localhost',
-        port: 9200,
-        path: '',
-        auth: null,
-        query: {}
-      });
+      expect(host).to.eql(hostDefaults);
     });
 
     it('accepts a string for query', function () {
@@ -36,7 +40,7 @@ describe('Host class', function () {
       it('accepts a string for the entire url', function () {
         var host = new Host('john:dude@pizza.com:420/pizza/cheese?shrooms=true');
 
-        expect(host).to.eql({
+        expectSubObject(host, {
           protocol: 'http',
           host: 'pizza.com',
           port: 420,
@@ -95,14 +99,7 @@ describe('Host class', function () {
     it('ignores anything that\'s not a string or object-y', function () {
       var host = new Host(1234);
 
-      expect(host).to.eql({
-        protocol: 'http',
-        host: 'localhost',
-        port: 9200,
-        path: '',
-        auth: null,
-        query: {}
-      });
+      expect(host).to.eql(hostDefaults);
     });
   });
 
@@ -121,7 +118,7 @@ describe('Host class', function () {
           param: 1
         },
         auth: 'user:pass'
-      })).to.be('http://user:pass@localhost:9200/prefix/this and that?param=1&user_id=123');
+      })).to.be('http://user:pass@localhost:9200/prefix/this and that?user_id=123&param=1');
     });
 
     it('ensures that path starts with a forward-slash', function () {
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/http_connector.js b/test/unit/specs/http_connector.js
index bea8c43a8..6d5e3eadf 100644
--- a/test/unit/specs/http_connector.js
+++ b/test/unit/specs/http_connector.js
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 describe('Http Connector', function () {
 
   var expect = require('expect.js');
-  var Host = require('../../../src/lib/host');
-  var errors = require('../../../src/lib/errors');
-  var HttpConnection = require('../../../src/lib/connectors/http');
-  var ConnectionAbstract = require('../../../src/lib/connection');
   var nock = require('nock');
   var sinon = require('sinon');
   var util = require('util');
   var ForeverAgent = require('forever-agent');
-
   var http = require('http');
   var https = require('https');
 
+  var Host = require('../../../src/lib/host');
+  var errors = require('../../../src/lib/errors');
+  var HttpConnection = require('../../../src/lib/connectors/http');
+  var ConnectionAbstract = require('../../../src/lib/connection');
+
+  var expectSubObject = require('../../utils/expect_sub_object');
   var MockRequest = require('../../mocks/request');
   var MockIncommingMessage = require('../../mocks/incomming_message');
 
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ describe('Http Connector', function () {
       expect(reqParams.path).to.eql('/?user_id=123&jvm=yes');
     });
 
-    it('merges the path prefex', function () {
+    it('merges the path prefix', function () {
       var con = new HttpConnection(new Host('https://google.com/path/prefix/for/user/1'));
       var reqParams = con.makeReqParams({
         method: 'GET',
@@ -107,15 +108,8 @@ describe('Http Connector', function () {
         }
       });
 
-      expect(reqParams).to.eql({
-        method: 'GET',
-        protocol: 'https:',
-        auth: null,
-        hostname: 'google.com',
-        port: 443,
+      expectSubObject(reqParams, {
         path: '/path/prefix/for/user/1/items?q=pizza',
-        headers: undefined,
-        agent: con.agent
       });
     });
 
@@ -130,15 +124,8 @@ describe('Http Connector', function () {
         }
       });
 
-      expect(reqParams).to.eql({
-        method: 'PUT',
-        protocol: 'http:',
-        auth: null,
-        hostname: 'google.com',
-        port: 80,
+      expectSubObject(reqParams, {
         path: '/pref-x/stuff?userId=12345&token=42069&q=pizza',
-        headers: undefined,
-        agent: con.agent
       });
     });
 
@@ -157,7 +144,7 @@ describe('Http Connector', function () {
         hostname: 'google.com',
         port: 80,
         path: '/stuff',
-        headers: undefined,
+        headers: null,
         agent: con.agent
       });
     });
diff --git a/test/utils/expect_sub_object.js b/test/utils/expect_sub_object.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..371e445ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/utils/expect_sub_object.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+var _ = require('lodash-node');
+var expect = require('expect.js');
+module.exports = function expectSubObject(obj, subObj) {
+  _.forOwn(subObj, function (val, prop) {
+    if (typeof obj[prop] === 'object') {
+      // non-strict equals
+      expect(obj[prop]).to.eql(val, 'Expected property' + prop + ' of object to equal ' + val);
+    } else {
+      expect(obj).property(prop, val);
+    }
+  });
+};
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