diff --git a/t/api-all-links.t b/t/api-all-links.t
index c5e225fb0a..d0f728e586 100644
--- a/t/api-all-links.t
+++ b/t/api-all-links.t
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ $ua->ssl_opts(
         my $opts = JSON::from_json($res->decoded_content);
         ok(exists $opts->{methods}, "OPTIONS should return methods");
         is(ref $opts->{methods}, "ARRAY", "OPTIONS methods should be array");
-        if ("GET" ~~ $opts->{methods}) {
+        if (grep {$_ eq "GET"} @{ $opts->{methods} }) {
             # skip calllists collection, as it needs a subscriber_id parameter also in the collection
             next if $relname eq "calllists";
             $req = HTTP::Request->new('GET', "$uri/api/$relname/");
diff --git a/t/api-balanceintervals.t b/t/api-balanceintervals.t
index 0839c3e294..76edbfe181 100644
--- a/t/api-balanceintervals.t
+++ b/t/api-balanceintervals.t
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ if (_get_allow_fake_client_time() && $enable_profile_packages) {
             delete $fetched->{content};
             is_deeply($interval,$fetched,"balanceintervals root collection: compare fetched and embedded item deeply");
         }
-        ok((scalar keys $page_items) == 0,"balanceintervals root collection: check if all embedded items are linked");
+        ok((scalar keys %{ $page_items }) == 0,"balanceintervals root collection: check if all embedded items are linked");
              
     } while($nexturi);
     
diff --git a/t/api-journals.t b/t/api-journals.t
index c44c7feef1..29b4324bc4 100644
--- a/t/api-journals.t
+++ b/t/api-journals.t
@@ -2455,11 +2455,11 @@ sub _test_journal_collection {
                 delete $original->{content};
                 is_deeply($original,$journal,"compare created and embedded journal item deeply");
             }
-            ok((scalar keys $page_journals) == 0,"check if all embedded journal items are linked");
+            ok((scalar keys %{ $page_journals }) == 0,"check if all embedded journal items are linked");
                  
         } while($nexturi);
             
-        ok((scalar keys %$journals) == 0,"check if journal collection lists all created journal items" . (defined $total_count ? " ($total_count)" : ''));
+        ok((scalar keys %{ $journals }) == 0,"check if journal collection lists all created journal items" . (defined $total_count ? " ($total_count)" : ''));
     }
 }