diff --git a/test/services/glacier.spec.coffee b/test/services/glacier.spec.coffee
index 91c56c1bd6..01d90b20aa 100644
--- a/test/services/glacier.spec.coffee
+++ b/test/services/glacier.spec.coffee
@@ -20,16 +20,17 @@ describe 'AWS.Glacier.Client', ->
   client = new AWS.Glacier.Client()
 
   describe 'building requests', ->
-    beforeEach ->
-      helpers.mockHttpResponse 200, {}, 'response'
-
     it 'sets accountId to "-" if not set', ->
-      resp = client.listVaults().send()
-      expect(resp.request.httpRequest.path).toEqual('/-/vaults')
+      req = client.listVaults()
+      req.emit('validate', req)
+      req.emit('build', req)
+      expect(req.httpRequest.path).toEqual('/-/vaults')
 
     it 'will not override accountId if set', ->
-      resp = client.listVaults(accountId: 'ABC123').send()
-      expect(resp.request.httpRequest.path).toEqual('/ABC123/vaults')
+      req = client.listVaults(accountId: 'ABC123')
+      req.emit('validate', req)
+      req.emit('build', req)
+      expect(req.httpRequest.path).toEqual('/ABC123/vaults')
 
   describe 'computeChecksums', ->
     it 'returns correct linear and tree hash for buffer data', ->
diff --git a/test/services/route53.spec.coffee b/test/services/route53.spec.coffee
index 5a3993d479..986e533778 100644
--- a/test/services/route53.spec.coffee
+++ b/test/services/route53.spec.coffee
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ describe 'AWS.Route53.Client', ->
     client = new AWS.Route53.Client
 
     it 'should fix hosted zone ID on input', ->
-      resp = client.getHostedZone(Id: '/hostedzone/ABCDEFG').send()
-      expect(resp.request.httpRequest.path).toMatch('/hostedzone/ABCDEFG$')
+      req = client.getHostedZone(Id: '/hostedzone/ABCDEFG')
+      req.emit('build', req)
+      expect(req.httpRequest.path).toMatch('/hostedzone/ABCDEFG$')
 
     it 'should fix health check ID on input', ->
-      resp = client.getHealthCheck(HealthCheckId: '/healthcheck/ABCDEFG').send()
-      expect(resp.request.httpRequest.path).toMatch('/healthcheck/ABCDEFG$')
+      req = client.getHealthCheck(HealthCheckId: '/healthcheck/ABCDEFG')
+      req.emit('build', req)
+      expect(req.httpRequest.path).toMatch('/healthcheck/ABCDEFG$')