diff --git a/test/Client/StaticTest.php b/test/Client/StaticTest.php
index 092ee9ec99..15c99c725c 100755
--- a/test/Client/StaticTest.php
+++ b/test/Client/StaticTest.php
@@ -484,11 +484,9 @@ public function testOpenTempStreamWithValidFileDoesntThrowsException()
             'outputstream' => realpath(__DIR__ . '/_files/zend_http_client_stream.file'),
         );
         $client = new HTTPClient($url, $config);
-        try {
-            $result = $client->send();
-        } catch (Http\Exception\ExceptionInterface $e) {
-            $this->fail('Unexpected exception was thrown: ' . $e->getMessage() . "\n" . $e->getTraceAsString());
-        }
+
+        $result = $client->send();
+
         // we can safely return until we can verify link is still active
         // @todo verify link is still active
         return;
diff --git a/test/ClientTest.php b/test/ClientTest.php
index 40ece12c76..71d014e491 100644
--- a/test/ClientTest.php
+++ b/test/ClientTest.php
@@ -17,15 +17,10 @@ public function testClientRetrievesUppercaseHttpMethodFromRequestObject()
 
     public function testIfZeroValueCookiesCanBeSet()
     {
-        try {
-            $client = new Client();
-            $client->addCookie("test", 0);
-            $client->addCookie("test2", "0");
-            $client->addCookie("test3", false);
-        } catch (Exception\InvalidArgumentException $e) {
-            $this->fail('Zero Values should be valid');
-        }
-        $this->assertTrue(true);
+        $client = new Client();
+        $client->addCookie("test", 0);
+        $client->addCookie("test2", "0");
+        $client->addCookie("test3", false);
     }
 
     /**