diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/strided/special/besselj1-by/test/test.main.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/strided/special/besselj1-by/test/test.main.js
index 8607bbb9c32f..33fc3f324a41 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/strided/special/besselj1-by/test/test.main.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/strided/special/besselj1-by/test/test.main.js
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ tape( 'the function computes the Bessel function of the first kind of order one
 	besselj1By( 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 ];
@@ -82,7 +83,8 @@ tape( 'the function computes the Bessel function of the first kind of order one
 	besselj1By( 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 ] = rand();
 	y = [ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ];
 
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/strided/common/examples/addon-napi-polymorphic/index.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/strided/common/examples/addon-napi-polymorphic/index.js
index ff6a86a85ddb..ab25eebc9955 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/strided/common/examples/addon-napi-polymorphic/index.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/strided/common/examples/addon-napi-polymorphic/index.js
@@ -18,13 +18,17 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-var join = require( 'path' ).join;
-var tryRequire = require( '@stdlib/utils/try-require' );
 var Float64Array = require( '@stdlib/array/float64' );
 var Float32Array = require( '@stdlib/array/float32' );
 
+var add;
+
 // Try loading the add-on:
-var add = tryRequire( join( __dirname, 'addon.node' ) );
+try {
+	add = require( './addon.node' );
+} catch ( err ) {
+	add = err;
+}
 
 /**
 * Main execution sequence.