diff --git a/test/ode/nordsieck_tests.jl b/test/ode/nordsieck_tests.jl
index cc888d86c9..466838b3a5 100644
--- a/test/ode/nordsieck_tests.jl
+++ b/test/ode/nordsieck_tests.jl
@@ -1,16 +1,9 @@
-using OrdinaryDiffEq, DiffEqDevTools, Test, Random
-import DiffEqProblemLibrary.ODEProblemLibrary: prob_ode_linear, prob_ode_2Dlinear
+using OrdinaryDiffEq, DiffEqDevTools, Test
+import DiffEqProblemLibrary.ODEProblemLibrary: prob_ode_bigfloatlinear, prob_ode_bigfloat2Dlinear
 
-srand(100)
-linear_bigαN = big"0.5"
-f_linearbig = (u,p,t) -> (linear_bigαN*u)
-f_2dlinearbig = (du,u,p,t) -> (du.=linear_bigαN*u)
-(f::typeof(f_linearbig))(::Type{Val{:analytic}},u0,p,t) = u0*exp(linear_bigαN*t)
-(f::typeof(f_2dlinearbig))(::Type{Val{:analytic}},u0,p,t) = u0*exp.(linear_bigαN*t)
-probArr = [ODEProblem(f_linearbig, big"0.5", (0,1.)),
-           ODEProblem(f_2dlinearbig, big.(rand(4,2)), (0,1.)),]
+probArr = [prob_ode_bigfloatlinear, prob_ode_bigfloat2Dlinear]
 testTol = 0.2
-dts = 1 .//(2 .^(10:-1:4))
+dts = 1 .//(2 .^(10:-1:5))
 
 @testset "Nordsieck Convergence Tests" begin
   for i in eachindex(probArr)