diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/strided/special/asinh-by/test/test.main.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/strided/special/asinh-by/test/test.main.js
index 25c53bc69db9..9434e4d861d5 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/strided/special/asinh-by/test/test.main.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/strided/special/asinh-by/test/test.main.js
@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ tape( 'the function computes the hyperbolic arcsine via a callback function', fu
 	asinhBy( x.length, x, 1, y, 1, accessor );
 	t.deepEqual( y, expected, 'deep equal' );
 
-	x = new Array( 5 ); // sparse array
+	x = [];
+	for ( i = 0; i < 5; i++ ) {
+		x.push( void 0 );
+	}
 	y = [ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ];
 
 	expected = [ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ];
@@ -82,7 +85,10 @@ tape( 'the function computes the hyperbolic arcsine via a callback function', fu
 	asinhBy( x.length, x, 1, y, 1, accessor );
 	t.deepEqual( y, expected, 'deep equal' );
 
-	x = new Array( 5 ); // sparse array
+	x = [];
+	for ( i = 0; i < 5; i++ ) {
+		x.push( void 0 );
+	}
 	x[ 2 ] = rand();
 	y = [ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ];