diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/bug027.go b/test/fixedbugs/bug027.go
index 95bc064127..d15da9cd42 100644
--- a/test/fixedbugs/bug027.go
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/bug027.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type Vector struct {
 func New() *Vector {
 	v := new(*Vector);
 	v.nelem = 0;
-	v.elem = new(*[10]Element);
+	v.elem = new([10]Element);
 	return v;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/bug045.go b/test/fixedbugs/bug045.go
index 9e94f44739..d8a712c6da 100644
--- a/test/fixedbugs/bug045.go
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/bug045.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ type T struct {
 func main() {
 	var ta []*T;
 
-	ta = new(*[1]*T);
+	ta = new([1]*T);
 	ta[0] = nil;
 }
 /*
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/bug054.go b/test/fixedbugs/bug054.go
index f4d7c27faa..2caff0f0ca 100644
--- a/test/fixedbugs/bug054.go
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/bug054.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func (s *TStruct) field(i int) *TStruct {
 
 func main() {
 	v := new(*Vector);
-	v.elem = new(*[10]Element);
+	v.elem = new([10]Element);
 	t := new(*TStruct);
 	t.name = "hi";
 	v.elem[0] = t;
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/bug059.go b/test/fixedbugs/bug059.go
index 55c05f6806..5a29ed1f09 100644
--- a/test/fixedbugs/bug059.go
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/bug059.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func P(a []string) string {
 
 func main() {
 	m := new(map[string] []string);
-	as := new(*[2]string);
+	as := new([2]string);
 	as[0] = "0";
 	as[1] = "1";
 	m["0"] = as;
diff --git a/test/initcomma.go b/test/initcomma.go
index d86ddbac43..da127d4b5f 100644
--- a/test/initcomma.go
+++ b/test/initcomma.go
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ var c = []int { 1 }
 func main() {
 	if len(a) != 2 { panicln("len a", len(a)) }
 	if len(b) != 5 { panicln("len b", len(b)) }
-	if len(c) != 1 { panicln("len a", len(a)) }
+	if len(c) != 1 { panicln("len a", len(c)) }
 }
diff --git a/test/ken/array.go b/test/ken/array.go
index 2027a31fff..29b456dd9a 100644
--- a/test/ken/array.go
+++ b/test/ken/array.go
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ func
 testpdpf1()
 {
 	a := new(*[40]int);
-	setpd(a);
-	res(sumpd(a), 0, 40);
+	setpd(*a);
+	res(sumpd(*a), 0, 40);
 
-	b := a[5:30];
+	b := (*a)[5:30];
 	res(sumpd(b), 5, 30);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/ken/rob2.go b/test/ken/rob2.go
index 9cb2ff3dda..6e14bdae39 100644
--- a/test/ken/rob2.go
+++ b/test/ken/rob2.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func Get() int
 		c = peekc;
 		peekc = -1;
 	} else {
-		c = convert(int, input[inputindex]);
+		c = int(input[inputindex]);
 		inputindex++;
 		if c == '\n' {
 			lineno = lineno + 1;
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func NextToken()
 		break;
 	default:
 		for i = 0; i < 100 - 1; {	// sizeof tokenbuf - 1
-			tokenbuf[i] = convert(byte, c);
+			tokenbuf[i] = byte(c);
 			i = i + 1;
 			c = Get();
 			if c == EOF {
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ func atoi() int	// BUG: uses tokenbuf; should take argument
 {
 	var v int = 0;
 	for i := 0; i < tokenlen && '0' <= tokenbuf[i] && tokenbuf[i] <= '9'; i = i + 1 {
-		v = 10 * v + convert(int, tokenbuf[i] - '0');
+		v = 10 * v + int(tokenbuf[i] - '0');
 	}
 	return v;
 }
diff --git a/test/ken/string.go b/test/ken/string.go
index 7e3aa902b0..7bd402e1f0 100644
--- a/test/ken/string.go
+++ b/test/ken/string.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ main()
 	z2[0] = 'a';
 	z2[1] = 'b';
 	z2[2] = 'c';
-	c = string(z2);
+	c = string(*z2);
 	if c != "abc" {
 		panic("create array pointer ", c);
 	}
diff --git a/test/vectors.go b/test/vectors.go
index abc59732e4..921bc28c2b 100644
--- a/test/vectors.go
+++ b/test/vectors.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func test1() {
 	}
 
 	for i := 0; i < v.Len(); i++ {
-		x := convert(*S, v.At(i));
+		x := v.At(i).(*S);
 		if x.val != v.Len() - i - 1 {
 			panic("expected ", i, ", found ", x.val, "\n");
 		}