diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/strided/special/bessely1-by/test/test.main.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/strided/special/bessely1-by/test/test.main.js
index 8f2bad7b1a92..07b16e3395be 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/strided/special/bessely1-by/test/test.main.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/strided/special/bessely1-by/test/test.main.js
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ tape( 'the function computes the Bessel function of the second kind of order one
 	bessely1By( x.length, x, 1, y, 1, accessor );
 	t.deepEqual( y, expected, 'deep equal' );
 
-	x = new Array( 5 ); // sparse array
+	x = [];
+	x.length = 5; // sparse array
 	y = [ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ];
 
 	expected = [ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ];
@@ -82,7 +83,8 @@ tape( 'the function computes the Bessel function of the second kind of order one
 	bessely1By( x.length, x, 1, y, 1, accessor );
 	t.deepEqual( y, expected, 'deep equal' );
 
-	x = new Array( 5 ); // sparse array
+	x = [];
+	x.length = 5; // sparse array
 	x[ 2 ] = rand();
 	y = [ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ];