diff --git a/test/test_http_cookie.rb b/test/test_http_cookie.rb
index 80eb0da..d6a0a7c 100644
--- a/test/test_http_cookie.rb
+++ b/test/test_http_cookie.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class TestHTTPCookie < Test::Unit::TestCase
       silently do
         assert_equal 1, HTTP::Cookie.parse(cookie, url) { |c|
           assert c.expires, "Tried parsing: #{date}"
-          assert_equal(true, c.expires < yesterday)
+          assert_send [c.expires, :<, yesterday]
         }.size
       end
     end
diff --git a/test/test_http_cookie_jar.rb b/test/test_http_cookie_jar.rb
index ed3d64a..2e12633 100644
--- a/test/test_http_cookie_jar.rb
+++ b/test/test_http_cookie_jar.rb
@@ -582,15 +582,15 @@ module TestHTTPCookieJar
 
       time = Time.now
 
-      assert time > orig.accessed_at, "accessed_at is initialized to the current time"
+      assert_send [time, :>, orig.accessed_at], "accessed_at is initialized to the current time"
 
       cookie, = @jar.to_a
 
-      assert time > cookie.accessed_at, "accessed_at is not updated by each()"
+      assert_send [time, :>, cookie.accessed_at], "accessed_at is not updated by each()"
 
       cookie, = @jar.cookies("http://rubyforge.org/")
 
-      assert cookie.accessed_at > time, "accessed_at is not updated by each(url)"
+      assert_send [cookie.accessed_at, :>, time], "accessed_at is not updated by each(url)"
     end
 
     def test_max_cookies
@@ -640,8 +640,8 @@ module TestHTTPCookieJar
         }
       }
 
-      assert_equal true, count > slimit
-      assert_equal true, @jar.to_a.size <= slimit
+      assert_send [count, :>, slimit]
+      assert_send [@jar.to_a.size, :<=, slimit]
       @jar.cleanup
       assert_equal hlimit, @jar.to_a.size
       assert_equal false, @jar.any? { |cookie|