diff --git a/hledger/test/errors/recentassertions.j b/hledger/test/errors/recentassertions.j
index 9621811bf..5e204cd99 100755
--- a/hledger/test/errors/recentassertions.j
+++ b/hledger/test/errors/recentassertions.j
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env -S hledger check recentassertions -f
 
+account a
+commodity ""
+payee last balance assertion
+payee good
+payee bad1
+payee bad2
+
 2022-01-01 last balance assertion
   a  0 = 0
 
diff --git a/hledger/test/errors/uniqueleafnames.j b/hledger/test/errors/uniqueleafnames.j
index 3b0e27ed2..00653d4b7 100755
--- a/hledger/test/errors/uniqueleafnames.j
+++ b/hledger/test/errors/uniqueleafnames.j
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env -S hledger check uniqueleafnames -f
 
-account a:c  ; XXX check uniqueleafnames doesn't notice these
-account b:c  ;
+account a:c
+account b:c
 commodity 1.
 payee p