diff --git a/test/integration/fixtures/options/delay.js b/test/integration/fixtures/options/delay.js
index 32b8f99383..a8bf2d4112 100644
--- a/test/integration/fixtures/options/delay.js
+++ b/test/integration/fixtures/options/delay.js
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 var assert = require('assert');
 var delay  = 500;
-var start  = new Date().getTime();
 
 setTimeout(function() {
   describe('delayed execution', function() {
-    it('should have waited ' + delay + 'ms to run this suite', function() {
-      assert(new Date().getTime() - delay >= start);
-    });
-
     it('should have no effect if attempted twice in the same suite', function() {
       assert(true);
       run();
diff --git a/test/integration/options.js b/test/integration/options.js
index 5e18ac5e71..5371b7a7df 100644
--- a/test/integration/options.js
+++ b/test/integration/options.js
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ describe('options', function() {
       run('options/delay.js', args, function(err, res) {
         assert(!err);
         assert.equal(res.stats.pending, 0);
-        assert.equal(res.stats.passes, 2);
+        assert.equal(res.stats.passes, 1);
         assert.equal(res.stats.failures, 0);
 
         assert.equal(res.passes[0].title,
-          'should have waited 500ms to run this suite');
+          'should have no effect if attempted twice in the same suite');
         assert.equal(res.code, 0);
         done();
       });