diff --git a/cmd/promtool/rules_test.go b/cmd/promtool/rules_test.go
index 9f571ec23..1248c26bb 100644
--- a/cmd/promtool/rules_test.go
+++ b/cmd/promtool/rules_test.go
@@ -134,10 +134,7 @@ func TestBackfillRuleIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 					series := selectedSeries.At()
 					if len(series.Labels()) != 3 {
 						require.Equal(t, 2, len(series.Labels()))
-						x := labels.Labels{
-							labels.Label{Name: "__name__", Value: "grp2_rule1"},
-							labels.Label{Name: "name1", Value: "val1"},
-						}
+						x := labels.FromStrings("__name__", "grp2_rule1", "name1", "val1")
 						require.Equal(t, x, series.Labels())
 					} else {
 						require.Equal(t, 3, len(series.Labels()))
@@ -259,10 +256,7 @@ func TestBackfillLabels(t *testing.T) {
 		selectedSeries := q.Select(false, nil, labels.MustNewMatcher(labels.MatchRegexp, "", ".*"))
 		for selectedSeries.Next() {
 			series := selectedSeries.At()
-			expectedLabels := labels.Labels{
-				labels.Label{Name: "__name__", Value: "rulename"},
-				labels.Label{Name: "name1", Value: "value-from-rule"},
-			}
+			expectedLabels := labels.FromStrings("__name__", "rulename", "name1", "value-from-rule")
 			require.Equal(t, expectedLabels, series.Labels())
 		}
 		require.NoError(t, selectedSeries.Err())
diff --git a/cmd/promtool/sd_test.go b/cmd/promtool/sd_test.go
index 51fe59dac..82bc9947f 100644
--- a/cmd/promtool/sd_test.go
+++ b/cmd/promtool/sd_test.go
@@ -51,20 +51,20 @@ func TestSDCheckResult(t *testing.T) {
 
 	expectedSDCheckResult := []sdCheckResult{
 		{
-			DiscoveredLabels: labels.Labels{
-				labels.Label{Name: "__address__", Value: "localhost:8080"},
-				labels.Label{Name: "__scrape_interval__", Value: "1m"},
-				labels.Label{Name: "__scrape_timeout__", Value: "10s"},
-				labels.Label{Name: "foo", Value: "bar"},
-			},
-			Labels: labels.Labels{
-				labels.Label{Name: "__address__", Value: "localhost:8080"},
-				labels.Label{Name: "__scrape_interval__", Value: "1m"},
-				labels.Label{Name: "__scrape_timeout__", Value: "10s"},
-				labels.Label{Name: "foo", Value: "bar"},
-				labels.Label{Name: "instance", Value: "localhost:8080"},
-				labels.Label{Name: "newfoo", Value: "bar"},
-			},
+			DiscoveredLabels: labels.FromStrings(
+				"__address__", "localhost:8080",
+				"__scrape_interval__", "1m",
+				"__scrape_timeout__", "10s",
+				"foo", "bar",
+			),
+			Labels: labels.FromStrings(
+				"__address__", "localhost:8080",
+				"__scrape_interval__", "1m",
+				"__scrape_timeout__", "10s",
+				"foo", "bar",
+				"instance", "localhost:8080",
+				"newfoo", "bar",
+			),
 			Error: nil,
 		},
 	}