diff --git a/test/localized-data/services.test.js b/test/localized-data/services.test.js
index 3e0267ca..3caa3823 100644
--- a/test/localized-data/services.test.js
+++ b/test/localized-data/services.test.js
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ describe('cap/samples - Localized Data', () => {
   })
 
 
-  it('serves localized metadata documents', async () => {
-    const { data } = await GET(`/browse/$metadata?sap-language=de`, { headers: { 'accept-language': 'de', Accept: 'application/xml' }})
+  it('serves localized $metadata documents', async () => {
+    const { data } = await GET(`/browse/$metadata?sap-language=de`, { headers: { 'accept-language': 'de', accept: 'application/xml' }})
     expect(data).to.contain('<Annotation Term="Common.Label" String="Währung"/>')
   })
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe('cap/samples - Localized Data', () => {
   })
 
   it('supports queries with $expand', async () => {
-    const { data } = await GET(`/browse/Books?$select=title,author&$expand=currency`, {
+    const { data } = await GET(`/browse/Books?&$select=title,author&$expand=currency`, {
       headers: { 'Accept-Language': 'de' },
     })
     expect(data.value).to.containSubset([
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ describe('cap/samples - Localized Data', () => {
   })
 
   it('supports @cds.localized:false', async ()=>{
-    const { data } = await GET(`/browse/BooksSans?$select=title,localized_title&$expand=currency&$filter=locale eq 'de' or locale eq null`, {
+    const { data } = await GET(`/browse/BooksSans?&$select=title,localized_title&$expand=currency&$filter=locale eq 'de' or locale eq null`, {
       headers: { 'Accept-Language': 'de' },
     })
     expect(data.value).to.containSubset([
diff --git a/test/odata.test.js b/test/odata.test.js
index 2470f8fa..ab4cef16 100644
--- a/test/odata.test.js
+++ b/test/odata.test.js
@@ -5,14 +5,12 @@ describe('cap/samples - Bookshop APIs', () => {
   axios.defaults.auth = { username: 'alice', password: 'admin' }
 
   it('serves $metadata documents in v4', async () => {
-    const { headers, status, data } = await GET(`/browse/$metadata`, { headers: { Accept: 'application/xml' } })
+    const { headers, status, data } = await GET(`/browse/$metadata`, { headers: { accept: 'application/xml' } })
     expect(status).to.equal(200)
-
-    // TODO
-    /*expect(headers).to.contain({
+    expect(headers).to.contain({
+      // 'content-type': 'application/xml', //> fails with 'application/xml;charset=utf-8'
       'odata-version': '4.0',
-    })*/
-
+    })
     expect(headers['content-type']).to.match(/application\/xml/)
     expect(data).to.contain('<EntitySet Name="Books" EntityType="CatalogService.Books">')
     expect(data).to.contain('<Annotation Term="Common.Label" String="Currency"/>')