diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/strided/special/abs-by/test/test.main.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/strided/special/abs-by/test/test.main.js
index 9808f30b8ba5..d9ef387f74f2 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/strided/special/abs-by/test/test.main.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/strided/special/abs-by/test/test.main.js
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ tape( 'the function computes the absolute value of each indexed strided array el
 	absBy( 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 ];
@@ -70,7 +71,8 @@ tape( 'the function computes the absolute value of each indexed strided array el
 	absBy( 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 ] = -3.0;
 	y = [ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ];