diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-cols_align.R b/tests/testthat/test-cols_align.R
index 750fb15c7a..c55e6a59e1 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-cols_align.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-cols_align.R
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-# Create a data frame based on the internal `sp500.csv`
-sp500 <-
-  read.csv(
-    system.file("extdata", "sp500.csv", package = "gt"),
-    stringsAsFactors = FALSE
-  )
-
 # Function to skip tests if Suggested packages not available on system
 check_suggests <- function() {
   skip_if_not_installed("rvest")
@@ -105,6 +98,13 @@ test_that("cols_align() works correctly", {
     rvest::html_text() %>%
     expect_equal(colnames(mtcars_short))
 
+  # Create a data frame based on the internal `sp500.csv`
+  sp500 <-
+    read.csv(
+      system.file("extdata", "sp500.csv", package = "gt"),
+      stringsAsFactors = FALSE
+    )
+
   # Create a `tbl_html` object with the `sp500` data
   # frame and `auto`-align all columns
   tbl_html <-
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-l_cols_align.R b/tests/testthat/test-l_cols_align.R
index 80c4cd5482..dda20460cb 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-l_cols_align.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-l_cols_align.R
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-# Create a data frame based on the internal `sp500.csv`
-sp500 <-
-  read.csv(
-    system.file("extdata", "sp500.csv", package = "gt"),
-    stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
-
 test_that("cols_align() works correctly", {
 
   # Create a `tbl_latex` object with `gt()`; the `mpg`,
@@ -53,6 +47,11 @@ test_that("cols_align() works correctly", {
   # Expect a characteristic pattern
   expect_length(tbl_latex, 1)
   expect_match(tbl_latex, ".*begin\\{longtable\\}\\{lllllllllll\\}.*")
+  # Create a data frame based on the internal `sp500.csv`
+  sp500 <-
+    read.csv(
+      system.file("extdata", "sp500.csv", package = "gt"),
+      stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
 
   # Create a `tbl_latex` object with the `sp500` data
   # frame and `auto`-align all columns
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-utils_render_grid.R b/tests/testthat/test-utils_render_grid.R
index 2b23c22339..97c85260be 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-utils_render_grid.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-utils_render_grid.R
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ has_class <- function(layout, class) {
 
 # Layout tests ------------------------------------------------------------
 
-test_that("create_caption_component_g creates captions", {
+test_that("create_caption_component_g() creates captions", {
 
   df <- data.frame(x = 1:2, y = 3:4)
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ test_that("create_caption_component_g creates captions", {
   expect_length(test$classes[[1]], 2)
 })
 
-test_that("create_heading_component_g creates headings", {
+test_that("create_heading_component_g() creates headings", {
 
   df <- data.frame(x = 1:2, y = 3:4)
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ test_that("create_heading_component_g creates headings", {
   expect_match(test$label, "gt_footnote_marks")
 })
 
-test_that("create_columns_component_g creates columns and spanners", {
+test_that("create_columns_component_g() creates columns and spanners", {
 
   df <- data.frame(A = 1:2, B = 3:4, C = 5:6)
   gt <- gt(df)
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ test_that("create_columns_component_g creates columns and spanners", {
   expect_snapshot(test)
 })
 
-test_that("group_headings_g creates appropriate group headings", {
+test_that("group_headings_g() creates appropriate group headings", {
 
   df <- data.frame(x = 1:3, y = 4:6)
 
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ test_that("group_headings_g creates appropriate group headings", {
   expect_null(test)
 })
 
-test_that("body_cells_g creates appropriate cells", {
+test_that("body_cells_g() creates appropriate cells", {
 
   df <- data.frame(x = 1:3, y = 4:6, row = c("A", "B", "C"))
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ test_that("body_cells_g creates appropriate cells", {
   )
 })
 
-test_that("summary_rows_g creates appropriate cells for group summaries", {
+test_that("summary_rows_g() creates appropriate cells for group summaries", {
 
   df <- data.frame(x = 1:3, y = 4:6)
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ test_that("summary_rows_g creates appropriate cells for group summaries", {
   )
 })
 
-test_that("summary_rows_g creates appropriate cells for grand summaries", {
+test_that("summary_rows_g() creates appropriate cells for grand summaries", {
 
   df <- data.frame(x = 1:3, y = 4:6)
 
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ test_that("summary_rows_g creates appropriate cells for grand summaries", {
   )
 })
 
-test_that("create_body_component_g places group summaries correctly", {
+test_that("create_body_component_g() places group summaries correctly", {
 
   df <- data.frame(x = 1:3, y = 4:6)
 
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ test_that("create_body_component_g places group summaries correctly", {
   expect_equal(test$bottom[summary], rep(c(2, 6), each = 3))
 })
 
-test_that("create_body_component_g places grand summaries correctly", {
+test_that("create_body_component_g() places grand summaries correctly", {
 
   df <- data.frame(x = 1:3, y = 4:6)
 
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ test_that("create_body_component_g places grand summaries correctly", {
   expect_equal(test$bottom[summary], rep(4, each = 3))
 })
 
-test_that("create_source_notes_component_g creates source notes", {
+test_that("create_source_notes_component_g() creates source notes", {
 
   gt <- data.frame(x = 1:3, y = 4:6) %>%
     gt() %>%
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ test_that("create_source_notes_component_g creates source notes", {
   expect_equal(test$label, "Multi line")
 })
 
-test_that("create_footnotes_component_g creates footnotes", {
+test_that("create_footnotes_component_g() creates footnotes", {
 
   gt <- data.frame(x = 1:3, y = 4:6) %>%
     gt() %>%
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ test_that("Classes and styles are parsed correctly", {
 
 # Feature tests -----------------------------------------------------------
 
-test_that("as_gtable renders svg entries", {
+test_that("as_gtable() renders svg entries", {
 
   df <- data.frame(
     x = 1,