diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-env.js b/test/parallel/test-process-env.js
index 69379f60061985..60f4d6f4faf13b 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-env.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-env.js
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ const assert = require('assert');
 
 // changes in environment should be visible to child processes
 if (process.argv[2] === 'you-are-the-child') {
-  assert.strictEqual(false, 'NODE_PROCESS_ENV_DELETED' in process.env);
-  assert.strictEqual('42', process.env.NODE_PROCESS_ENV);
-  assert.strictEqual('asdf', process.env.hasOwnProperty);
+  assert.strictEqual('NODE_PROCESS_ENV_DELETED' in process.env, false);
+  assert.strictEqual(process.env.NODE_PROCESS_ENV, '42');
+  assert.strictEqual(process.env.hasOwnProperty, 'asdf');
   const hasOwnProperty = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty;
   const has = hasOwnProperty.call(process.env, 'hasOwnProperty');
-  assert.strictEqual(true, has);
+  assert.strictEqual(has, true);
   process.exit(0);
 }
 
@@ -41,18 +41,18 @@ if (process.argv[2] === 'you-are-the-child') {
   assert.strictEqual(Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty,
                      process.env.hasOwnProperty);
   const has = process.env.hasOwnProperty('hasOwnProperty');
-  assert.strictEqual(false, has);
+  assert.strictEqual(has, false);
 
   process.env.hasOwnProperty = 'asdf';
 
   process.env.NODE_PROCESS_ENV = 42;
-  assert.strictEqual('42', process.env.NODE_PROCESS_ENV);
+  assert.strictEqual(process.env.NODE_PROCESS_ENV, '42');
 
   process.env.NODE_PROCESS_ENV_DELETED = 42;
-  assert.strictEqual(true, 'NODE_PROCESS_ENV_DELETED' in process.env);
+  assert.strictEqual('NODE_PROCESS_ENV_DELETED' in process.env, true);
 
   delete process.env.NODE_PROCESS_ENV_DELETED;
-  assert.strictEqual(false, 'NODE_PROCESS_ENV_DELETED' in process.env);
+  assert.strictEqual('NODE_PROCESS_ENV_DELETED' in process.env, false);
 
   const child = spawn(process.argv[0], [process.argv[1], 'you-are-the-child']);
   child.stdout.on('data', function(data) { console.log(data.toString()); });