diff --git a/test/browser/test_sdl_set_clip_rect.c b/test/browser/test_sdl_set_clip_rect.c
index f390ebe4da5cb..59eae7535b3da 100644
--- a/test/browser/test_sdl_set_clip_rect.c
+++ b/test/browser/test_sdl_set_clip_rect.c
@@ -42,20 +42,21 @@ int main() {
   SDL_SetClipRect(dst, &firstRect);
   SDL_BlitSurface(src, &rect, dst, &rect);
 
-  assert(rect.x = firstRect.x);
-  assert(rect.y = firstRect.y);
-  assert(rect.w = firstRect.w);
-  assert(rect.h = firstRect.h);
+  assert(rect.x == firstRect.x);
+  assert(rect.y == firstRect.y);
+  assert(rect.w == firstRect.w);
+  assert(rect.h == firstRect.h);
 
   /* Draw green rect on red rect */
   SDL_FillRect(src, &rect, SDL_MapRGB(src->format, 0, 255, 0));
   SDL_SetClipRect(dst, &secondRect);
   SDL_BlitSurface(src, &rect, dst, &rect);
 
-  assert(rect.x = secondRect.x);
-  assert(rect.y = secondRect.y);
-  assert(rect.w = firstRect.x + firstRect.w);
-  assert(rect.h = firstRect.h + firstRect.h);
+  assert(rect.x == secondRect.x);
+  assert(rect.y == secondRect.y);
+  // FIXME(https://github.com/emscripten-core/emscripten/issues/24201)
+  //assert(rect.w == firstRect.x + firstRect.w);
+  //assert(rect.h == firstRect.h + firstRect.h);
 
   /* Same with fill rect */
   rect.x = 0; rect.y = 0;
@@ -64,18 +65,19 @@ int main() {
   SDL_SetClipRect(dst, &firstRectForFill);
   SDL_FillRect(dst, &rect, SDL_MapRGB(dst->format, 0, 0, 255));
 
-  assert(rect.x = firstRectForFill.x);
-  assert(rect.y = firstRectForFill.y);
-  assert(rect.w = firstRectForFill.w);
-  assert(rect.h = firstRectForFill.h);
+  assert(rect.x == firstRectForFill.x);
+  assert(rect.y == firstRectForFill.y);
+  assert(rect.w == firstRectForFill.w);
+  assert(rect.h == firstRectForFill.h);
 
   SDL_SetClipRect(dst, &secondRectForFill);
   SDL_FillRect(dst, &rect, SDL_MapRGBA(dst->format, 255, 0, 255, 255));
 
-  assert(rect.x = secondRectForFill.x);
-  assert(rect.y = secondRectForFill.y);
-  assert(rect.w = firstRectForFill.x + firstRectForFill.w);
-  assert(rect.h = firstRectForFill.h + firstRectForFill.h);
+  assert(rect.x == secondRectForFill.x);
+  assert(rect.y == secondRectForFill.y);
+  // FIXME(https://github.com/emscripten-core/emscripten/issues/24201)
+  //assert(rect.w == firstRectForFill.x + firstRectForFill.w);
+  //assert(rect.h == firstRectForFill.h + firstRectForFill.h);
 
   SDL_GetClipRect(dst, &rectForTest);
   assert(rectForTest.x == 270);
diff --git a/test/core/test_dlfcn_self.c b/test/core/test_dlfcn_self.c
index f986f41954097..c3acf5762c02b 100644
--- a/test/core/test_dlfcn_self.c
+++ b/test/core/test_dlfcn_self.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ void repeatable() {
 
   int* global_ptr = (int*)dlsym(self, "global");
   assert(global_ptr);
-  assert(*global_ptr = 123);
+  assert(*global_ptr == 123);
 
   void (*foo_ptr)(int) = (void (*)(int))dlsym(self, "foo");
   assert(foo_ptr);
diff --git a/test/other/test_stat_fail_alongtheway.c b/test/other/test_stat_fail_alongtheway.c
index abc59bf660f86..ce89d39c761b6 100644
--- a/test/other/test_stat_fail_alongtheway.c
+++ b/test/other/test_stat_fail_alongtheway.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ int main() {
   {
     struct stat st;
     assert(stat("path", &st) == 0);
-    assert(st.st_mode = 0777);
+    assert((st.st_mode & ~S_IFMT) == 0777);
   }
   {
     struct stat st;
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ int main() {
   {
     struct stat st;
     assert(stat("path/file", &st) == 0);
-    assert(st.st_mode = 0666);
+    assert((st.st_mode & ~S_IFMT) == 0644);
   }
   {
     struct stat st;
diff --git a/test/unistd/truncate.c b/test/unistd/truncate.c
index 4d23f731f4e5a..c91add153c294 100644
--- a/test/unistd/truncate.c
+++ b/test/unistd/truncate.c
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ void setup() {
   FILE* f = fopen("towrite", "w");
   assert(f);
   rtn = fwrite("abcdef", 6, 1, f);
-  assert(rtn = 6);
+  assert(rtn == 1);
   fclose(f);
 
   f = fopen("toread", "w");
   assert(f);
   rtn = fwrite("abcdef", 6, 1, f);
-  assert(rtn = 6);
+  assert(rtn == 1);
   fclose(f);
 
   assert(chmod("toread", 0444) == 0);
diff --git a/test/webaudio/audioworklet_params_mixing.c b/test/webaudio/audioworklet_params_mixing.c
index 446888dcea4cc..69afc7e8181bb 100644
--- a/test/webaudio/audioworklet_params_mixing.c
+++ b/test/webaudio/audioworklet_params_mixing.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ bool process(int numInputs, const AudioSampleFrame* inputs, int numOutputs, Audi
   // Interestingly, params varies per browser. Chrome won't have a length > 1
   // unless the value changes, and FF has all 128 entries even for a k-rate
   // parameter. The only given is that two params are incoming:
-  assert(numParams = 2);
+  assert(numParams == 2);
   assert(params[0].length == 1 || params[0].length == outSamplesPerChannel);
   assert(params[1].length == 1 || params[1].length == outSamplesPerChannel);
   // We can now do a quick mix since we know the layouts