diff --git a/serde_test/src/assert.rs b/serde_test/src/assert.rs
index e580aa8a..892850e4 100644
--- a/serde_test/src/assert.rs
+++ b/serde_test/src/assert.rs
@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@ pub fn assert_ser_tokens<T>(value: &T, tokens: &[Token])
     assert_eq!(ser.next_token(), None);
 }
 
-// Expect an error deserializing tokens into a T
+// Expect an error serializing T
 pub fn assert_ser_tokens_error<T>(value: &T, tokens: &[Token], error: Error)
     where T: Serialize + PartialEq + Debug,
 {
     let mut ser = Serializer::new(tokens.iter());
     let v: Result<(), Error> = Serialize::serialize(value, &mut ser);
     assert_eq!(v.as_ref(), Err(&error));
+    assert_eq!(ser.next_token(), None);
 }
 
 pub fn assert_de_tokens<T>(value: &T, tokens: Vec<Token<'static>>)
@@ -47,4 +48,7 @@ pub fn assert_de_tokens_error<T>(tokens: Vec<Token<'static>>, error: Error)
     let mut de = Deserializer::new(tokens.into_iter());
     let v: Result<T, Error> = Deserialize::deserialize(&mut de);
     assert_eq!(v, Err(error));
+    // There may be one token left if a peek caused the error
+    de.next_token();
+    assert_eq!(de.next_token(), None);
 }
diff --git a/testing/tests/test_annotations.rs b/testing/tests/test_annotations.rs
index 544f2c3b..bb1564cd 100644
--- a/testing/tests/test_annotations.rs
+++ b/testing/tests/test_annotations.rs
@@ -342,9 +342,6 @@ fn test_ignore_unknown() {
 
             Token::StructSep,
             Token::Str("whoops"),
-            Token::I32(2),
-
-            Token::StructEnd,
         ],
         Error::UnknownFieldError("whoops".to_owned())
     );
diff --git a/testing/tests/test_de.rs b/testing/tests/test_de.rs
index a03081ab..85f515cd 100644
--- a/testing/tests/test_de.rs
+++ b/testing/tests/test_de.rs
@@ -786,8 +786,6 @@ declare_error_tests! {
                 Token::SeqSep, Token::I32(1),
                 Token::SeqSep, Token::I32(2),
                 Token::SeqSep, Token::I32(3),
-                Token::SeqSep, Token::I32(4),
-            Token::SeqEnd,
         ],
         Error::UnexpectedToken(Token::SeqSep),
     }
@@ -800,8 +798,6 @@ declare_error_tests! {
 
                 Token::MapSep,
                 Token::Str("a"),
-                Token::I32(3),
-            Token::MapEnd,
         ],
         Error::DuplicateFieldError("a"),
     }
@@ -814,8 +810,6 @@ declare_error_tests! {
 
                 Token::EnumMapSep,
                 Token::Str("a"),
-                Token::I32(3),
-            Token::EnumMapEnd,
         ],
         Error::DuplicateFieldError("a"),
     }
diff --git a/testing/tests/test_ser.rs b/testing/tests/test_ser.rs
index 8521877b..ef1fa361 100644
--- a/testing/tests/test_ser.rs
+++ b/testing/tests/test_ser.rs
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ fn test_cannot_serialize_paths() {
     };
     assert_ser_tokens_error(
         &Path::new(path),
-        &[Token::Str("Hello �World")],
+        &[],
         Error::InvalidValue("Path contains invalid UTF-8 characters".to_owned()));
 
     let mut path_buf = PathBuf::new();
@@ -370,6 +370,6 @@ fn test_cannot_serialize_paths() {
 
     assert_ser_tokens_error(
         &path_buf,
-        &[Token::Str("Hello �World")],
+        &[],
         Error::InvalidValue("Path contains invalid UTF-8 characters".to_owned()));
 }