diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/assert/is-biguint64array/examples/index.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/assert/is-biguint64array/examples/index.js
index b3232562f791..4b1a656249ee 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/assert/is-biguint64array/examples/index.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/assert/is-biguint64array/examples/index.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ bool = isBigUint64Array( new Float32Array( 10 ) );
 console.error( bool );
 // => false
 
-bool = isBigUint64Array( new Array( 10 ) );
+bool = isBigUint64Array( [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ] );
 console.error( bool );
 // => false
 
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/strided/special/acoversin-by/test/test.main.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/strided/special/acoversin-by/test/test.main.js
index 34e5907d4656..74e95894cece 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/strided/special/acoversin-by/test/test.main.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/strided/special/acoversin-by/test/test.main.js
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ tape( 'the function computes the inverse coversed sine via a callback function',
 	acoversinBy( x.length, x, 1, y, 1, accessor );
 	t.deepEqual( y, expected, 'deep equal' );
 
-	x = new Array( 5 ); // sparse array
+	x = [];
+	x.length = 5; // sparse array
 	y = [ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ];
 
 	expected = [ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ];
@@ -82,7 +83,8 @@ tape( 'the function computes the inverse coversed sine via a callback function',
 	acoversinBy( x.length, x, 1, y, 1, accessor );
 	t.deepEqual( y, expected, 'deep equal' );
 
-	x = new Array( 5 ); // sparse array
+	x = [];
+	x.length = 5; // sparse array
 	x[ 2 ] = rand();
 	y = [ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ];