diff --git a/vms/platformvm/txs/remove_subnet_validator_tx_test.go b/vms/platformvm/txs/remove_subnet_validator_tx_test.go
index 02a9fdce7496..73f2df3cdcf2 100644
--- a/vms/platformvm/txs/remove_subnet_validator_tx_test.go
+++ b/vms/platformvm/txs/remove_subnet_validator_tx_test.go
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ func TestRemoveSubnetValidatorTxSerialization(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	avax.SortTransferableOutputs(complexRemoveValidatorTx.Outs, Codec)
 	utils.Sort(complexRemoveValidatorTx.Ins)
-	require.NoError(simpleRemoveValidatorTx.SyntacticVerify(&snow.Context{
+	require.NoError(complexRemoveValidatorTx.SyntacticVerify(&snow.Context{
 		NetworkID:   1,
 		ChainID:     constants.PlatformChainID,
 		AVAXAssetID: avaxAssetID,
diff --git a/vms/platformvm/txs/transfer_subnet_ownership_tx_test.go b/vms/platformvm/txs/transfer_subnet_ownership_tx_test.go
index 7e6f5835a283..e8cddeb3e1d0 100644
--- a/vms/platformvm/txs/transfer_subnet_ownership_tx_test.go
+++ b/vms/platformvm/txs/transfer_subnet_ownership_tx_test.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func TestTransferSubnetOwnershipTxSerialization(t *testing.T) {
 	expectedUnsignedSimpleTransferSubnetOwnershipTxBytes := []byte{
 		// Codec version
 		0x00, 0x00,
-		// RemoveSubnetValidatorTx Type ID
+		// TransferSubnetOwnershipTx Type ID
 		0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x21,
 		// Mainnet network ID
 		0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01,
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ func TestTransferSubnetOwnershipTxSerialization(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	avax.SortTransferableOutputs(complexTransferSubnetOwnershipTx.Outs, Codec)
 	utils.Sort(complexTransferSubnetOwnershipTx.Ins)
-	require.NoError(simpleTransferSubnetOwnershipTx.SyntacticVerify(&snow.Context{
+	require.NoError(complexTransferSubnetOwnershipTx.SyntacticVerify(&snow.Context{
 		NetworkID:   1,
 		ChainID:     constants.PlatformChainID,
 		AVAXAssetID: avaxAssetID,