diff --git a/test/pummel/test-http-client-reconnect-bug.js b/test/pummel/test-http-client-reconnect-bug.js
index 791c89bc4c..e4a1606381 100644
--- a/test/pummel/test-http-client-reconnect-bug.js
+++ b/test/pummel/test-http-client-reconnect-bug.js
@@ -1,35 +1,36 @@
 common = require("../common");
 assert = common.assert
 
-var tcp = require("tcp"),
+var net = require("net"),
     sys = require("sys"),
     http = require("http");
 
 var errorCount = 0;
 var eofCount = 0;
 
-var server = tcp.createServer(function(socket) {
+var server = net.createServer(function(socket) {
   socket.end();
 });
-server.listen(common.PORT);
-
-var client = http.createClient(common.PORT);
-
-client.addListener("error", function() {
-  console.log("ERROR!");
-  errorCount++;
-});
-
-client.addListener("end", function() {
-  console.log("EOF!");
-  eofCount++;
-});
-
-var request = client.request("GET", "/", {"host": "localhost"});
-request.end();
-request.addListener('response', function(response) {
-  console.log("STATUS: " + response.statusCode);
+server.on('listening', function(){
+  var client = http.createClient(common.PORT);
+
+  client.addListener("error", function(err) {
+    console.log("ERROR! "+(err.stack||err));
+    errorCount++;
+  });
+
+  client.addListener("end", function() {
+    console.log("EOF!");
+    eofCount++;
+  });
+
+  var request = client.request("GET", "/", {"host": "localhost"});
+  request.end();
+  request.addListener('response', function(response) {
+    console.log("STATUS: " + response.statusCode);
+  });
 });
+server.listen(common.PORT);
 
 setTimeout(function () {
   server.close();
diff --git a/test/pummel/test-net-pause.js b/test/pummel/test-net-pause.js
index 5482b68922..f96b8222c8 100644
--- a/test/pummel/test-net-pause.js
+++ b/test/pummel/test-net-pause.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-common = require("../common");
-assert = common.assert
-net = require("net");
-N = 200;
+var common = require("../common");
+var assert = common.assert;
+var net = require("net");
+var N = 200;
+var recv = "", chars_recved = 0;
 
 server = net.createServer(function (connection) {
   function write (j) {
@@ -16,38 +17,35 @@ server = net.createServer(function (connection) {
   }
   write(0);
 });
-server.listen(common.PORT);
-
-
-recv = "";
-chars_recved = 0;
-
-client = net.createConnection(common.PORT);
-client.setEncoding("ascii");
-client.addListener("data", function (d) {
-    print(d);
-    recv += d;
-});
+server.on('listening', function(){
+  client = net.createConnection(common.PORT);
+  client.setEncoding("ascii");
+  client.addListener("data", function (d) {
+      print(d);
+      recv += d;
+  });
 
-setTimeout(function () {
-  chars_recved = recv.length;
-  console.log("pause at: " + chars_recved);
-  assert.equal(true, chars_recved > 1);
-  client.pause();
   setTimeout(function () {
-    console.log("resume at: " + chars_recved);
-    assert.equal(chars_recved, recv.length);
-    client.resume();
-
+    chars_recved = recv.length;
+    console.log("pause at: " + chars_recved);
+    assert.equal(true, chars_recved > 1);
+    client.pause();
     setTimeout(function () {
-      chars_recved = recv.length;
-      console.log("pause at: " + chars_recved);
-      client.pause();
+      console.log("resume at: " + chars_recved);
+      assert.equal(chars_recved, recv.length);
+      client.resume();
 
       setTimeout(function () {
-        console.log("resume at: " + chars_recved);
-        assert.equal(chars_recved, recv.length);
-        client.resume();
+        chars_recved = recv.length;
+        console.log("pause at: " + chars_recved);
+        client.pause();
+
+        setTimeout(function () {
+          console.log("resume at: " + chars_recved);
+          assert.equal(chars_recved, recv.length);
+          client.resume();
+
+        }, 500);
 
       }, 500);
 
@@ -55,12 +53,12 @@ setTimeout(function () {
 
   }, 500);
 
-}, 500);
-
-client.addListener("end", function () {
-  server.close();
-  client.end();
+  client.addListener("end", function () {
+    server.close();
+    client.end();
+  });
 });
+server.listen(common.PORT);
 
 process.addListener("exit", function () {
   assert.equal(N, recv.length);
diff --git a/test/simple/test-dgram-unix-anon.js b/test/simple/test-dgram-unix-anon.js
index e8e788b6ff..1068261dc0 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-dgram-unix-anon.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-dgram-unix-anon.js
@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@ server.on("close", function () {
 
 timer = setTimeout(function () {
     throw new Error("Timeout");
-}, 200);
+}, 500);