diff --git a/test/spec/ol/parser/gpx.test.js b/test/spec/ol/parser/gpx.test.js
index 91bda4ed78..9692184e95 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/parser/gpx.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/parser/gpx.test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ describe('ol.parser.gpx', function() {
   var parser = new ol.parser.GPX();
 
   describe('Test GPX parser', function() {
-    it('Read works correctly', function() {
+    it('Read works correctly', function(done) {
       var url = 'spec/ol/parser/gpx/data.xml';
       afterLoadXml(url, function(xml) {
         var obj = parser.read(xml);
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ describe('ol.parser.gpx', function() {
               [-0.166259525, 51.3576354272]]);
         expect(attributes['name']).to.eql('Track');
         expect(attributes['type']).to.eql('Track');
+        done();
       });
     });
     it('Write works correctly for points', function() {
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/exceptionreport.test.js b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/exceptionreport.test.js
index b769521110..420b2539fc 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/exceptionreport.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/exceptionreport.test.js
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@ describe('ol.parser.ogc.exceptionreport', function() {
 
     it('OCG WMS 1.3.0 exceptions', function(done) {
       var url = 'spec/ol/parser/ogc/xml/exceptionreport/wms1_3_0.xml';
-      goog.net.XhrIo.send(url, function(e) {
-        var xhr = e.target;
-        var result = parser.read(xhr.getResponseXml());
-        var exceptions = result.exceptionReport.exceptions;
+      afterLoadXml(url, function(xml) {
+        var exceptions = parser.read(xml).exceptionReport.exceptions;
         expect(exceptions.length).to.be(4);
         var str = 'Plain text message about an error.';
         expect(goog.string.trim(exceptions[0].text)).to.be(str);
@@ -37,10 +35,8 @@ describe('ol.parser.ogc.exceptionreport', function() {
 
     it('test read exception OWSCommon 1.0.0', function(done) {
       var url = 'spec/ol/parser/ogc/xml/exceptionreport/ows1_0_0.xml';
-      goog.net.XhrIo.send(url, function(e) {
-        var xhr = e.target;
-        var result = parser.read(xhr.getResponseXml());
-        var report = result.exceptionReport;
+      afterLoadXml(url, function(xml) {
+        var report = parser.read(xml).exceptionReport;
         var exception = report.exceptions[0];
 
         expect(report.version).to.eql('1.0.0');
@@ -57,10 +53,8 @@ describe('ol.parser.ogc.exceptionreport', function() {
 
     it('test read exception OWSCommon 1.1.0', function(done) {
       var url = 'spec/ol/parser/ogc/xml/exceptionreport/ows1_1_0.xml';
-      goog.net.XhrIo.send(url, function(e) {
-        var xhr = e.target;
-        var result = parser.read(xhr.getResponseXml());
-        var report = result.exceptionReport;
+      afterLoadXml(url, function(xml) {
+        var report = parser.read(xml).exceptionReport;
         var exception = report.exceptions[0];
 
         expect(report.version).to.eql('1.1.0');
@@ -76,6 +70,5 @@ describe('ol.parser.ogc.exceptionreport', function() {
   });
 });
 
-goog.require('goog.net.XhrIo');
 goog.require('goog.string');
 goog.require('ol.parser.ogc.ExceptionReport');
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/wmscapabilities_v1_0_0.test.js b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/wmscapabilities_v1_0_0.test.js
index eff5afe380..b722af7ab0 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/wmscapabilities_v1_0_0.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/wmscapabilities_v1_0_0.test.js
@@ -34,5 +34,4 @@ describe('ol.parser.ogc.wmscapabilities_v1_0_0', function() {
 
 });
 
-goog.require('goog.net.XhrIo');
 goog.require('ol.parser.ogc.WMSCapabilities');
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/wmscapabilities_v1_1_1.test.js b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/wmscapabilities_v1_1_1.test.js
index a4c00991db..cbd00325f7 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/wmscapabilities_v1_1_1.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/wmscapabilities_v1_1_1.test.js
@@ -256,5 +256,4 @@ describe('ol.parser.ogc.wmscapabilities_v1_1_1', function() {
 
 });
 
-goog.require('goog.net.XhrIo');
 goog.require('ol.parser.ogc.WMSCapabilities');
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/wmscapabilities_v1_1_1_WMSC.test.js b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/wmscapabilities_v1_1_1_WMSC.test.js
index ba2b3c50f4..031d86aa86 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/wmscapabilities_v1_1_1_WMSC.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/wmscapabilities_v1_1_1_WMSC.test.js
@@ -57,5 +57,4 @@ describe('ol.parser.ogc.wmscapabilities_v1_1_1_wmsc', function() {
 
 });
 
-goog.require('goog.net.XhrIo');
 goog.require('ol.parser.ogc.WMSCapabilities');
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/wmscapabilities_v1_3_0.test.js b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/wmscapabilities_v1_3_0.test.js
index b3e6050ffb..146590b1b8 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/wmscapabilities_v1_3_0.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/wmscapabilities_v1_3_0.test.js
@@ -138,5 +138,4 @@ describe('ol.parser.ogc.wmscapabilities_v1_3_0', function() {
   });
 });
 
-goog.require('goog.net.XhrIo');
 goog.require('ol.parser.ogc.WMSCapabilities');
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/wmtscapabilities_v1_0_0.test.js b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/wmtscapabilities_v1_0_0.test.js
index 92fb8cfe58..6583195eed 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/wmtscapabilities_v1_0_0.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/wmtscapabilities_v1_0_0.test.js
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ describe('ol.parser.ogc.wmtscapabilities_v1_0_0', function() {
     it('Test ows', function(done) {
       var url = 'spec/ol/parser/ogc/xml/wmtscapabilities_v1_0_0/' +
           'ogcsample.xml';
-      goog.net.XhrIo.send(url, function(e) {
-        var xhr = e.target;
-        var obj = parser.read(xhr.getResponseXml());
+      afterLoadXml(url, function(xml) {
+        var obj = parser.read(xml);
         var serviceIdentification = obj.serviceIdentification;
         var serviceProvider = obj.serviceProvider;
         var operationsMetadata = obj.operationsMetadata;
@@ -57,9 +56,8 @@ describe('ol.parser.ogc.wmtscapabilities_v1_0_0', function() {
     it('Test layers', function(done) {
       var url = 'spec/ol/parser/ogc/xml/wmtscapabilities_v1_0_0/' +
           'ogcsample.xml';
-      goog.net.XhrIo.send(url, function(e) {
-        var xhr = e.target;
-        var obj = parser.read(xhr.getResponseXml());
+      afterLoadXml(url, function(xml) {
+        var obj = parser.read(xml);
         var contents = obj.contents;
         var layer = contents.layers[0];
         var wgs84Bbox = layer.bounds;
@@ -128,9 +126,8 @@ describe('ol.parser.ogc.wmtscapabilities_v1_0_0', function() {
     it('Test tileMatrixSets', function(done) {
       var url = 'spec/ol/parser/ogc/xml/wmtscapabilities_v1_0_0/' +
           'ogcsample.xml';
-      goog.net.XhrIo.send(url, function(e) {
-        var xhr = e.target;
-        var obj = parser.read(xhr.getResponseXml());
+      afterLoadXml(url, function(xml) {
+        var obj = parser.read(xml);
         var tileMatrixSets = obj.contents.tileMatrixSets;
         var bigWorld = tileMatrixSets['BigWorld'];
 
@@ -159,5 +156,4 @@ describe('ol.parser.ogc.wmtscapabilities_v1_0_0', function() {
   });
 });
 
-goog.require('goog.net.XhrIo');
 goog.require('ol.parser.ogc.WMTSCapabilities');
diff --git a/test/test-extensions.js b/test/test-extensions.js
index 4a05f88b25..1aad4c89cb 100644
--- a/test/test-extensions.js
+++ b/test/test-extensions.js
@@ -2,25 +2,23 @@
 (function(global) {
 
   function afterLoad(type, path, next) {
-    goog.net.XhrIo.send(path, function(event) {
-      var xhr = event.target;
+    var client = new XMLHttpRequest();
+    client.open('GET', path, true);
+    client.onload = function() {
       var data;
-      if (xhr.isSuccess()) {
-        if (type === 'xml') {
-          data = xhr.getResponseXml();
-        } else if (type === 'json') {
-          data = xhr.getResponseJson();
-        } else {
-          data = xhr.getResponseText();
-        }
+      if (type === 'xml') {
+        data = client.responseXML;
       } else {
-        throw new Error(path + ' loading failed: ' + xhr.getStatus());
+        data = client.responseText;
+      }
+      if (!data) {
+        throw new Error(path + ' loading failed: ' + client.status);
       }
       next(data);
-    });
+    };
+    client.send();
   }
 
-
   /**
    * @param {string} path Relative path to file (e.g. 'spec/ol/foo.json').
    * @param {function(Object)} next Function to call with response object on