diff --git a/tests/stdlib/tos.nim b/tests/stdlib/tos.nim
index 8a12b9b906..d598a05b28 100644
--- a/tests/stdlib/tos.nim
+++ b/tests/stdlib/tos.nim
@@ -558,9 +558,9 @@ block ospaths:
   doAssert joinPath("foo","abc") == unixToNativePath"foo/abc"
   doAssert joinPath("","abc") == unixToNativePath"abc"
 
-  doAssert joinPath("gook/.","abc") == unixToNativePath"gook/abc"
+  doAssert joinPath("zook/.","abc") == unixToNativePath"zook/abc"
 
-  # controversial: inconsistent with `joinPath("gook/.","abc")`
+  # controversial: inconsistent with `joinPath("zook/.","abc")`
   # on linux, `./foo` and `foo` are treated a bit differently for executables
   # but not `./foo/bar` and `foo/bar`
   doAssert joinPath(".", "/lib") == unixToNativePath"./lib"
diff --git a/tests/vm/tvmmisc.nim b/tests/vm/tvmmisc.nim
index a4f6391ccc..f6fbde0f9e 100644
--- a/tests/vm/tvmmisc.nim
+++ b/tests/vm/tvmmisc.nim
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ block: # VM wrong register free causes errors in unrelated code
     in let prc = if not isClosure: bb.sym else: bb[0].sym
     ]#
     proc bar2(head: string): string = "asdf"
-    proc gook(u1: int) = discard
+    proc zook(u1: int) = discard
 
     type PathEntry = object
       kind: int
@@ -385,20 +385,20 @@ block: # VM wrong register free causes errors in unrelated code
     iterator globOpt(): int =
       var u1: int
 
-      gook(u1)
-      gook(u1)
-      gook(u1)
-      gook(u1)
-      gook(u1)
-      gook(u1)
-      gook(u1)
-      gook(u1)
-      gook(u1)
-      gook(u1)
-      gook(u1)
-      gook(u1)
-      gook(u1)
-      gook(u1)
+      zook(u1)
+      zook(u1)
+      zook(u1)
+      zook(u1)
+      zook(u1)
+      zook(u1)
+      zook(u1)
+      zook(u1)
+      zook(u1)
+      zook(u1)
+      zook(u1)
+      zook(u1)
+      zook(u1)
+      zook(u1)
 
       var entry = PathEntry()
       entry.path = bar2("")