diff --git a/test/unit/issue_test.rb b/test/unit/issue_test.rb
index 68367ea82..c71da6e44 100644
--- a/test/unit/issue_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/issue_test.rb
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class IssueTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       assert Issue.new(:project_id => 2, :tracker_id => 1, :author_id => 1,
                        :subject => 'Group assignment',
                        :assigned_to_id => 11).save
-      issue = Issue.first(:order => 'id DESC')
+      issue = Issue.order('id DESC').first
       assert_kind_of Group, issue.assigned_to
       assert_equal Group.find(11), issue.assigned_to
     end
@@ -1783,7 +1783,7 @@ class IssueTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       end
     end
 
-    detail = JournalDetail.first(:order => 'id DESC')
+    detail = JournalDetail.order('id DESC').first
     assert_equal i, detail.journal.journalized
     assert_equal 'attr', detail.property
     assert_equal 'description', detail.prop_key