diff --git a/tests/run-pass/clock.rs b/tests/run-pass/clock.rs
index 23f45f91ada1..b4c3fa08fdc6 100644
--- a/tests/run-pass/clock.rs
+++ b/tests/run-pass/clock.rs
@@ -4,5 +4,11 @@
 use std::time::SystemTime;
 
 fn main() {
-   let _now = SystemTime::now();
+   let now1 = SystemTime::now();
+
+    // Do some work to make time pass.
+    for _ in 0..10 { drop(vec![42]); }
+
+   let now2 = SystemTime::now();
+   assert!(now2 > now1);
 }
diff --git a/tests/run-pass/fs.rs b/tests/run-pass/fs.rs
index f859f934bdd1..0f3512b36605 100644
--- a/tests/run-pass/fs.rs
+++ b/tests/run-pass/fs.rs
@@ -215,9 +215,13 @@ fn test_directory() {
     // Clean up the files in the directory
     remove_file(&path_1).unwrap();
     remove_file(&path_2).unwrap();
+    // Now there should be nothing left in the directory.
+    let dir_iter = read_dir(&dir_path).unwrap();
+    let file_names = dir_iter.map(|e| e.unwrap().file_name()).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    assert!(file_names.is_empty());
 
     // Deleting the directory should succeed.
     remove_dir(&dir_path).unwrap();
-    // Reading the metadata of a non-existent file should fail with a "not found" error.
+    // Reading the metadata of a non-existent directory should fail with a "not found" error.
     assert_eq!(ErrorKind::NotFound, check_metadata(&[], &dir_path).unwrap_err().kind());
 }