diff --git a/test/parallel/test-buffer-alloc.js b/test/parallel/test-buffer-alloc.js
index 7016d07f7adef5..b5318110fa7182 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-buffer-alloc.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-buffer-alloc.js
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const vm = require('vm');
 
-const buffer = require('buffer');
-const Buffer = buffer.Buffer;
-const SlowBuffer = buffer.SlowBuffer;
+const SlowBuffer = require('buffer').SlowBuffer;
 
 
 const b = Buffer.allocUnsafe(1024);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-buffer-arraybuffer.js b/test/parallel/test-buffer-arraybuffer.js
index 7ef25fec001c89..8f89c4976ceac3 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-buffer-arraybuffer.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-buffer-arraybuffer.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 
-const Buffer = require('buffer').Buffer;
 const LENGTH = 16;
 
 const ab = new ArrayBuffer(LENGTH);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-buffer-badhex.js b/test/parallel/test-buffer-badhex.js
index c3d151ba18c694..94de97181d38e0 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-buffer-badhex.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-buffer-badhex.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
-const Buffer = require('buffer').Buffer;
 
 // Test hex strings and bad hex strings
 {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-buffer-bytelength.js b/test/parallel/test-buffer-bytelength.js
index 8077cc7d5e2663..bdefdee71d3f4c 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-buffer-bytelength.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-buffer-bytelength.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
-const Buffer = require('buffer').Buffer;
 const SlowBuffer = require('buffer').SlowBuffer;
 const vm = require('vm');