diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-nodes.R b/tests/testthat/test-nodes.R
index a6654cf..3527eed 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-nodes.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-nodes.R
@@ -151,19 +151,19 @@ test_that("We cannot make nonsensical NodeLists", {
 
 test_that("toJSON methods for nodes work", {
   nodeA <- Node('A')
-  expect_equal(veupathUtils::toJSON(nodeA), '{"id":"A","degree":0}')
-  expect_equal(veupathUtils::toJSON(nodeA, named = TRUE), '{"node":{"id":"A","degree":0}}')
+  expect_equal(veupathUtils::toJSON(nodeA), '{"id":"A"}')
+  expect_equal(veupathUtils::toJSON(nodeA, named = TRUE), '{"node":{"id":"A"}}')
 
   # w weights and colors
   nodeB <- Node('B', color = 'red', weight = 10)
-  expect_equal(veupathUtils::toJSON(nodeB), '{"id":"B","color":"red","weight":10,"degree":0}')
-  expect_equal(veupathUtils::toJSON(nodeB, named = TRUE), '{"node":{"id":"B","color":"red","weight":10,"degree":0}}')
+  expect_equal(veupathUtils::toJSON(nodeB), '{"id":"B","color":"red","weight":10}')
+  expect_equal(veupathUtils::toJSON(nodeB, named = TRUE), '{"node":{"id":"B","color":"red","weight":10}}')
 
   #NodeList
   nodeA <- Node('A', color='blue', weight=5)
   nodeList <- NodeList(list(nodeA, nodeB))
-  expect_equal(veupathUtils::toJSON(nodeList), '{"nodes":[{"id":"A","color":"blue","weight":5,"degree":0},{"id":"B","color":"red","weight":10,"degree":0}]}')
-  expect_equal(veupathUtils::toJSON(nodeList, named = FALSE), '[{"id":"A","color":"blue","weight":5,"degree":0},{"id":"B","color":"red","weight":10,"degree":0}]')
+  expect_equal(veupathUtils::toJSON(nodeList), '{"nodes":[{"id":"A","color":"blue","weight":5},{"id":"B","color":"red","weight":10}]}')
+  expect_equal(veupathUtils::toJSON(nodeList, named = FALSE), '[{"id":"A","color":"blue","weight":5},{"id":"B","color":"red","weight":10}]')
 
   #NodeIdList
   nodeIdList <- NodeIdList(list(NodeId('A'), NodeId('B')))
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-utils.R b/tests/testthat/test-utils.R
index 724f755..10ddc03 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-utils.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-utils.R
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ test_that("numBinsToBinWidth() returns a binWidth that will actually provide the
   binWidth <- numBinsToBinWidth(testDF$entity.int6, 8)
   viewport <- findViewport(testDF$entity.int6, 'NUMBER')
   x <- bin(testDF$entity.int6, binWidth, viewport)
-  expect_equal(data.table::uniqueN(x),5)
+  expect_equal(data.table::uniqueN(x),6)
 
   binWidth <- numBinsToBinWidth(testDF$entity.int6, 1)
   viewport <- findViewport(testDF$entity.int6, 'NUMBER')