diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/strided/base/map-by2/test/test.main.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/strided/base/map-by2/test/test.main.js
index 2dc8ff4d01b3..f728138a8afa 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/strided/base/map-by2/test/test.main.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/strided/base/map-by2/test/test.main.js
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ tape( 'the function applies a binary function to indexed strided array elements
 	mapBy2( x.length, x, 1, y, 1, z, 1, add, accessor );
 	t.deepEqual( z, expected, 'deep equal' );
 
-	x = new Array( 5 ); // sparse array
+	// Create a sparse array:
+	x = new Array( 5 ); // eslint-disable-line stdlib/no-new-array
 	y = [ 1.0, 1.0, 2.0, 2.0, 3.0 ];
 	z = [ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ];
 
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/strided/base/map-by2/test/test.ndarray.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/strided/base/map-by2/test/test.ndarray.js
index 3aa32c2a7c03..0b4290d8686a 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/strided/base/map-by2/test/test.ndarray.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/strided/base/map-by2/test/test.ndarray.js
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ tape( 'the function applies a binary function to indexed strided array elements
 	mapBy2( x.length, x, 1, 0, y, 1, 0, z, 1, 0, add, accessor );
 	t.deepEqual( z, expected, 'deep equal' );
 
-	x = new Array( 5 ); // sparse array
+	// Create a sparse array:
+	x = new Array( 5 ); // eslint-disable-line stdlib/no-new-array
 	y = [ 1.0, 1.0, 2.0, 2.0, 3.0 ];
 	z = [ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ];