diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/base/special/kernel-betaincinv/test/test.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/base/special/kernel-betaincinv/test/test.js
index 8fa7e0d3c85a..2cb34d554bcf 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/base/special/kernel-betaincinv/test/test.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/base/special/kernel-betaincinv/test/test.js
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@
 // MODULES //
 
 var tape = require( 'tape' );
-var abs = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/abs' );
-var EPS = require( '@stdlib/constants/float64/eps' );
+var isAlmostSameValue = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-almost-same-value' );
 var kernelBetaincinv = require( './../lib' );
 
 
@@ -41,8 +40,6 @@ tape( 'main export is a function', function test( t ) {
 
 tape( 'the function evaluates the inverse of the lower regularized incomplete beta function', function test( t ) {
 	var expected;
-	var delta;
-	var tol;
 	var y;
 	var i;
 	var a;
@@ -55,13 +52,7 @@ tape( 'the function evaluates the inverse of the lower regularized incomplete be
 	expected = data.y;
 	for ( i = 0; i < p.length; i++ ) {
 		y = kernelBetaincinv( a[i], b[i], p[i], 1.0-p[i] )[ 0 ];
-		if ( y === expected[i] ) {
-			t.strictEqual( y, expected[i], 'a: '+a[i]+'. b: '+b[i]+'. p: '+p[i]+', y: '+y+'. expected: '+expected[i] );
-		} else {
-			delta = abs( y - expected[ i ] );
-			tol = 15.0 * EPS * abs( expected[ i ] );
-			t.ok( delta <= tol, 'within tolerance. a: '+a[i]+'. b: '+b[i]+'. p: '+p[i]+'. y: '+y+'. E: '+expected[i]+'. Δ: '+delta+'. tol: '+tol );
-		}
+		t.strictEqual( isAlmostSameValue( y, expected[ i ], 20 ), true, 'returns expected value' );
 	}
 	t.end();
 });