diff --git a/lib/promscrape/discovery/kubernetes/endpoints_test.go b/lib/promscrape/discovery/kubernetes/endpoints_test.go
index 05a74183b..c9649df92 100644
--- a/lib/promscrape/discovery/kubernetes/endpoints_test.go
+++ b/lib/promscrape/discovery/kubernetes/endpoints_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package kubernetes
 
 import (
-	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/prompbmarshal"
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ func TestParseEndpointsListSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 			"__meta_kubernetes_namespace":                     "default",
 		}),
 	}
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(sortedLabelss, expectedLabelss) {
+	if !areEqualLabelss(sortedLabelss, expectedLabelss) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected labels:\ngot\n%v\nwant\n%v", sortedLabelss, expectedLabelss)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/promscrape/discovery/kubernetes/endpointslices_test.go b/lib/promscrape/discovery/kubernetes/endpointslices_test.go
index d587fd93f..3555e42f2 100644
--- a/lib/promscrape/discovery/kubernetes/endpointslices_test.go
+++ b/lib/promscrape/discovery/kubernetes/endpointslices_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package kubernetes
 
 import (
-	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/prompbmarshal"
@@ -282,7 +281,7 @@ func TestParseEndpointSliceListSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 			"__meta_kubernetes_namespace":                                                      "kube-system",
 		}),
 	}
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(sortedLabelss, expectedLabelss) {
+	if !areEqualLabelss(sortedLabelss, expectedLabelss) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected labels,\ngot:\n%v,\nwant:\n%v", sortedLabelss, expectedLabelss)
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/promscrape/discovery/kubernetes/ingress_test.go b/lib/promscrape/discovery/kubernetes/ingress_test.go
index 8046d8a24..5718758f5 100644
--- a/lib/promscrape/discovery/kubernetes/ingress_test.go
+++ b/lib/promscrape/discovery/kubernetes/ingress_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package kubernetes
 
 import (
-	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/prompbmarshal"
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ func TestParseIngressListSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 			"__meta_kubernetes_namespace":      "default",
 		}),
 	}
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(sortedLabelss, expectedLabelss) {
+	if !areEqualLabelss(sortedLabelss, expectedLabelss) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected labels:\ngot\n%v\nwant\n%v", sortedLabelss, expectedLabelss)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/promscrape/discovery/kubernetes/pod_test.go b/lib/promscrape/discovery/kubernetes/pod_test.go
index 204a8f102..54ebdec0f 100644
--- a/lib/promscrape/discovery/kubernetes/pod_test.go
+++ b/lib/promscrape/discovery/kubernetes/pod_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package kubernetes
 
 import (
-	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/prompbmarshal"
@@ -274,7 +273,7 @@ func TestParsePodListSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 			"__meta_kubernetes_pod_annotationpresent_kubernetes_io_config_source": "true",
 		}),
 	}
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(sortedLabelss, expectedLabelss) {
+	if !areEqualLabelss(sortedLabelss, expectedLabelss) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected labels:\ngot\n%v\nwant\n%v", sortedLabelss, expectedLabelss)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/promscrape/discovery/kubernetes/service_test.go b/lib/promscrape/discovery/kubernetes/service_test.go
index 56508e5f3..ca1570ef7 100644
--- a/lib/promscrape/discovery/kubernetes/service_test.go
+++ b/lib/promscrape/discovery/kubernetes/service_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package kubernetes
 
 import (
-	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/prompbmarshal"
@@ -169,7 +168,7 @@ func TestParseServiceListSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 			"__meta_kubernetes_service_annotationpresent_prometheus_io_scrape": "true",
 		}),
 	}
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(sortedLabelss, expectedLabelss) {
+	if !areEqualLabelss(sortedLabelss, expectedLabelss) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected labels:\ngot\n%v\nwant\n%v", sortedLabelss, expectedLabelss)
 	}
 }