diff --git a/packages/stdlib/src/math/clamp/index.test.ts b/packages/stdlib/src/math/clamp/index.test.ts
index ade0756..3d49e3d 100644
--- a/packages/stdlib/src/math/clamp/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/stdlib/src/math/clamp/index.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { describe,it, expect } from 'vitest';
 import { clamp } from '.';
 
 describe('clamp', () => {
-  it('should clamp a value within the given range', () => {
+  it('clamp a value within the given range', () => {
     // value < min
     expect(clamp(-10, 0, 100)).toBe(0);
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe('clamp', () => {
     expect(clamp(50, 100, 100)).toBe(100);
   });
 
-  it('should handle floating-point numbers correctly', () => {
+  it('handle floating-point numbers correctly', () => {
     // floating-point value within range
     expect(clamp(3.14, 0, 5)).toBe(3.14);
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ describe('clamp', () => {
     expect(clamp(15.75, 0, 10)).toBe(10);
   });
 
-  it('should handle edge cases', () => {
+  it('handle edge cases', () => {
     // all values are the same
     expect(clamp(5, 5, 5)).toBe(5);
 
diff --git a/packages/stdlib/src/math/mapRange/index.test.ts b/packages/stdlib/src/math/mapRange/index.test.ts
index 55d362b..17a4292 100644
--- a/packages/stdlib/src/math/mapRange/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/stdlib/src/math/mapRange/index.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 import { mapRange } from './index';
 
 describe('mapRange', () => {
-    it('should map values from one range to another', () => {
+    it('map values from one range to another', () => {
         // value at midpoint
         expect(mapRange(5, 0, 10, 0, 100)).toBe(50);
     
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe('mapRange', () => {
         expect(mapRange(-25, -50, 0, 0, 100)).toBe(50);
       });
     
-      it('should handle floating-point numbers correctly', () => {
+      it('handle floating-point numbers correctly', () => {
         // floating-point value
         expect(mapRange(3.5, 0, 10, 0, 100)).toBe(35);
     
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe('mapRange', () => {
         expect(mapRange(-1.25, -2.5, 0, 0, 100)).toBe(50);
       });
     
-      it('should handle edge cases', () => {
+      it('handle edge cases', () => {
         // input range is zero (should return output min)
         expect(mapRange(5, 0, 0, 0, 100)).toBe(0);
       });
diff --git a/packages/stdlib/src/text/levenshtein-distance/index.test.ts b/packages/stdlib/src/text/levenshtein-distance/index.test.ts
index 72e1cf6..a3c0f79 100644
--- a/packages/stdlib/src/text/levenshtein-distance/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/stdlib/src/text/levenshtein-distance/index.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 import {levenshteinDistance} from '.';
   
 describe('levenshteinDistance', () => {
-    it('should calculate edit distance between two strings', () => {  
+    it('calculate edit distance between two strings', () => {  
       // just one substitution I at the beginning
       expect(levenshteinDistance('islander', 'slander')).toBe(1);
   
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ describe('levenshteinDistance', () => {
       expect(levenshteinDistance('intention', 'execution')).toBe(5);
     });
 
-    it('should handle edge cases', () => {
-        expect(levenshteinDistance('', '')).toBe(0);
-        expect(levenshteinDistance('a', '')).toBe(1);
-        expect(levenshteinDistance('', 'a')).toBe(1);
-        expect(levenshteinDistance('abc', '')).toBe(3);
-        expect(levenshteinDistance('', 'abc')).toBe(3);
+    it('handle empty strings', () => {
+      expect(levenshteinDistance('', '')).toBe(0);
+      expect(levenshteinDistance('a', '')).toBe(1);
+      expect(levenshteinDistance('', 'a')).toBe(1);
+      expect(levenshteinDistance('abc', '')).toBe(3);
+      expect(levenshteinDistance('', 'abc')).toBe(3);
     });
   });
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