diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/spawn-types.rs b/src/test/run-pass/spawn-types.rs
index e99006273d53..6fb0b60ac5d5 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/spawn-types.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/spawn-types.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,14 @@
 use std;
 
 import std::str;
+import std::comm;
+import std::task;
 
-type ctx = chan[int];
+type ctx = comm::chan_t[int];
 
 fn iotask(cx: ctx, ip: str) { assert (str::eq(ip, "localhost")); }
 
-fn main() { let p: port[int] = port(); spawn iotask(chan(p), "localhost"); }
\ No newline at end of file
+fn main() {
+    let p = comm::mk_port[int]();
+    task::_spawn(bind iotask(p.mk_chan2(), "localhost"));
+}
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/spawn2.rs b/src/test/run-pass/spawn2.rs
index a0488fafaba9..cbc53ad4a9df 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/spawn2.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/spawn2.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 // -*- rust -*-
 
-fn main() { spawn child(10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90); }
+use std;
+import std::task::_spawn;
+
+fn main() { _spawn(bind child(10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90)); }
 
 fn child(i1: int, i2: int, i3: int, i4: int, i5: int, i6: int, i7: int,
          i8: int, i9: int) {