diff --git a/tests/binary-cache.sh b/tests/binary-cache.sh
index 40f1a4f76..b05a7d167 100644
--- a/tests/binary-cache.sh
+++ b/tests/binary-cache.sh
@@ -218,7 +218,9 @@ outPath=$(nix-build --no-out-link -E '
 
 nix copy --to file://$cacheDir?write-nar-listing=1 $outPath
 
-[[ $(cat $cacheDir/$(basename $outPath).ls) = '{"version":1,"root":{"type":"directory","entries":{"bar":{"type":"regular","size":4,"narOffset":232},"link":{"type":"symlink","target":"xyzzy"}}}}' ]]
+diff -u \
+    <(jq -S < $cacheDir/$(basename $outPath).ls) \
+    <(echo '{"version":1,"root":{"type":"directory","entries":{"bar":{"type":"regular","size":4,"narOffset":232},"link":{"type":"symlink","target":"xyzzy"}}}}' | jq -S)
 
 
 # Test debug info index generation.
@@ -234,4 +236,6 @@ outPath=$(nix-build --no-out-link -E '
 
 nix copy --to "file://$cacheDir?index-debug-info=1&compression=none" $outPath
 
-[[ $(cat $cacheDir/debuginfo/02623eda209c26a59b1a8638ff7752f6b945c26b.debug) = '{"archive":"../nar/100vxs724qr46phz8m24iswmg9p3785hsyagz0kchf6q6gf06sw6.nar","member":"lib/debug/.build-id/02/623eda209c26a59b1a8638ff7752f6b945c26b.debug"}' ]]
+diff -u \
+    <(cat $cacheDir/debuginfo/02623eda209c26a59b1a8638ff7752f6b945c26b.debug | jq -S) \
+    <(echo '{"archive":"../nar/100vxs724qr46phz8m24iswmg9p3785hsyagz0kchf6q6gf06sw6.nar","member":"lib/debug/.build-id/02/623eda209c26a59b1a8638ff7752f6b945c26b.debug"}' | jq -S)
diff --git a/tests/nar-access.sh b/tests/nar-access.sh
index 553d6ca89..88b997ca6 100644
--- a/tests/nar-access.sh
+++ b/tests/nar-access.sh
@@ -26,12 +26,24 @@ nix cat-store $storePath/foo/baz > baz.cat-nar
 diff -u baz.cat-nar $storePath/foo/baz
 
 # Test --json.
-[[ $(nix ls-nar --json $narFile /) = '{"type":"directory","entries":{"foo":{},"foo-x":{},"qux":{},"zyx":{}}}' ]]
-[[ $(nix ls-nar --json -R $narFile /foo) = '{"type":"directory","entries":{"bar":{"type":"regular","size":0,"narOffset":368},"baz":{"type":"regular","size":0,"narOffset":552},"data":{"type":"regular","size":58,"narOffset":736}}}' ]]
-[[ $(nix ls-nar --json -R $narFile /foo/bar) = '{"type":"regular","size":0,"narOffset":368}' ]]
-[[ $(nix ls-store --json $storePath) = '{"type":"directory","entries":{"foo":{},"foo-x":{},"qux":{},"zyx":{}}}' ]]
-[[ $(nix ls-store --json -R $storePath/foo) = '{"type":"directory","entries":{"bar":{"type":"regular","size":0},"baz":{"type":"regular","size":0},"data":{"type":"regular","size":58}}}' ]]
-[[ $(nix ls-store --json -R $storePath/foo/bar) = '{"type":"regular","size":0}' ]]
+diff -u \
+    <(nix ls-nar --json $narFile / | jq -S) \
+    <(echo '{"type":"directory","entries":{"foo":{},"foo-x":{},"qux":{},"zyx":{}}}' | jq -S)
+diff -u \
+    <(nix ls-nar --json -R $narFile /foo | jq -S) \
+    <(echo '{"type":"directory","entries":{"bar":{"type":"regular","size":0,"narOffset":368},"baz":{"type":"regular","size":0,"narOffset":552},"data":{"type":"regular","size":58,"narOffset":736}}}' | jq -S)
+diff -u \
+    <(nix ls-nar --json -R $narFile /foo/bar | jq -S) \
+    <(echo '{"type":"regular","size":0,"narOffset":368}' | jq -S)
+diff -u \
+    <(nix ls-store --json $storePath | jq -S) \
+    <(echo '{"type":"directory","entries":{"foo":{},"foo-x":{},"qux":{},"zyx":{}}}' | jq -S)
+diff -u \
+    <(nix ls-store --json -R $storePath/foo | jq -S) \
+    <(echo '{"type":"directory","entries":{"bar":{"type":"regular","size":0},"baz":{"type":"regular","size":0},"data":{"type":"regular","size":58}}}' | jq -S)
+diff -u \
+    <(nix ls-store --json -R $storePath/foo/bar| jq -S) \
+    <(echo '{"type":"regular","size":0}' | jq -S)
 
 # Test missing files.
 nix ls-store --json -R $storePath/xyzzy 2>&1 | grep 'does not exist in NAR'