diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/api/importexport.js b/src/tests/backend/specs/api/importexport.js
index 1626d3e6e..ceced447f 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/api/importexport.js
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/api/importexport.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * TODO: unify those two files, and merge in a single one.
  */
 
+const assert = require('assert').strict;
 const common = require('../../common');
 
 let agent;
@@ -241,68 +242,32 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
       }
 
       it('createPad', async function () {
-        await agent.get(`${endPoint('createPad')}&padID=${testPadId}`)
+        const res = await agent.get(`${endPoint('createPad')}&padID=${testPadId}`)
             .expect(200)
-            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-            .expect((res) => {
-              if (res.body.code !== 0) throw new Error('Unable to create new Pad');
-            });
+            .expect('Content-Type', /json/);
+        assert.equal(res.body.code, 0);
       });
 
       it('setHTML', async function () {
-        await agent.get(`${endPoint('setHTML')}&padID=${testPadId}` +
+        const res = await agent.get(`${endPoint('setHTML')}&padID=${testPadId}` +
                         `&html=${encodeURIComponent(test.input)}`)
             .expect(200)
-            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-            .expect((res) => {
-              if (res.body.code !== 0) throw new Error(`Error:${testName}`);
-            });
+            .expect('Content-Type', /json/);
+        assert.equal(res.body.code, 0);
       });
 
       it('getHTML', async function () {
-        await agent.get(`${endPoint('getHTML')}&padID=${testPadId}`)
+        const res = await agent.get(`${endPoint('getHTML')}&padID=${testPadId}`)
             .expect(200)
-            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-            .expect((res) => {
-              const gotHtml = res.body.data.html;
-              if (gotHtml !== test.wantHTML) {
-                throw new Error(`HTML received from export is not the one we were expecting.
-             Test Name:
-             ${testName}
-
-             Got:
-             ${JSON.stringify(gotHtml)}
-
-             Want:
-             ${JSON.stringify(test.wantHTML)}
-
-             Which is a different version of the originally imported one:
-             ${test.input}`);
-              }
-            });
+            .expect('Content-Type', /json/);
+        assert.equal(res.body.data.html, test.wantHTML);
       });
 
       it('getText', async function () {
-        await agent.get(`${endPoint('getText')}&padID=${testPadId}`)
+        const res = await agent.get(`${endPoint('getText')}&padID=${testPadId}`)
             .expect(200)
-            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-            .expect((res) => {
-              const gotText = res.body.data.text;
-              if (gotText !== test.wantText) {
-                throw new Error(`Text received from export is not the one we were expecting.
-             Test Name:
-             ${testName}
-
-             Got:
-             ${JSON.stringify(gotText)}
-
-             Want:
-             ${JSON.stringify(test.wantText)}
-
-             Which is a different version of the originally imported one:
-             ${test.input}`);
-              }
-            });
+            .expect('Content-Type', /json/);
+        assert.equal(res.body.data.text, test.wantText);
       });
     });
   });