diff --git a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONMLTest.java b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONMLTest.java
index 35c0af2..154af64 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONMLTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONMLTest.java
@@ -762,8 +762,8 @@ public class JSONMLTest {
         final String xml = JSONML.toString(originalObject);
         final JSONObject revertedObject = JSONML.toJSONObject(xml, false);
         final String newJson = revertedObject.toString();
-        assertTrue("JSON Objects are not similar",originalObject.similar(revertedObject));
-        assertEquals("original JSON does not equal the new JSON",originalJson, newJson);
+        assertTrue("JSON Objects are not similar", originalObject.similar(revertedObject));
+        assertTrue("JSON Strings are not similar", new JSONObject(originalJson).similar(new JSONObject(newJson)));
     }
 
 // these tests do not pass for the following reasons:
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONObjectTest.java b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONObjectTest.java
index 5adb6ce..42b41b3 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONObjectTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONObjectTest.java
@@ -2095,7 +2095,9 @@ public class JSONObjectTest {
              "}";
         JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(jsonObjectStr);
         assertTrue("jsonObject valueToString() incorrect",
-                JSONObject.valueToString(jsonObject).equals(jsonObject.toString()));
+            new JSONObject(JSONObject.valueToString(jsonObject))
+                .similar(new JSONObject(jsonObject.toString()))
+            );
         String jsonArrayStr = 
             "[1,2,3]";
         JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(jsonArrayStr);
@@ -2106,7 +2108,8 @@ public class JSONObjectTest {
         map.put("key2", "val2");
         map.put("key3", "val3");
         assertTrue("map valueToString() incorrect",
-                jsonObject.toString().equals(JSONObject.valueToString(map))); 
+         new JSONObject(jsonObject.toString())
+         .similar(new JSONObject(JSONObject.valueToString(map))));
         Collection<Integer> collection = new ArrayList<Integer>();
         collection.add(Integer.valueOf(1));
         collection.add(Integer.valueOf(2));