diff --git a/Tests/FeatureTest.php b/Tests/FeatureTest.php
index 4581b35..7c0d099 100644
--- a/Tests/FeatureTest.php
+++ b/Tests/FeatureTest.php
@@ -749,31 +749,15 @@ That's some text with a footnote.[^1]
 [^1]: And that's the footnote.
 EOF;
 
-        $html = <<<EOF
-<p>That's some text with a footnote.<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref">1</a></sup></p>
-
-<div class="footnotes">
-<hr />
-<ol>
-
-<li id="fn:1">
-<p>And that's the footnote.&#160;<a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-backref">&#8617;&#xFE0E;</a></p>
-</li>
-
-</ol>
-</div>
-
-EOF;
-
-        // newer versions of Michelf add an extra &#xFE0E; To make the tests
-        // pass against ALL versions, we just hack the &#xFE0E; into the
-        // expected string if it isn't there
         $actualHtml = $parser->transform($text);
-        if (strpos($actualHtml, '&#xFE0E;') === false) {
-            $actualHtml = str_replace('&#8617;', '&#8617;&#xFE0E;', $actualHtml);
-        }
 
-        $this->assertEquals($html, $actualHtml);
+        // asserting a few things instead of comparing full final HTML
+        // because a few minor things have changed over versions of Michelf
+        // With assertContains(), tests will pass across all versions
+        $this->assertContains('<p>That\'s some text with a footnote.<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1"', $actualHtml);
+        $this->assertContains('<div class="footnotes"', $actualHtml);
+        $this->assertContains('<li id="fn:1"', $actualHtml);
+        $this->assertContains('<p>And that\'s the footnote.&#160;<a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-backref"', $actualHtml);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/Tests/Parser/ParserManagerTest.php b/Tests/Parser/ParserManagerTest.php
index dfc600d..9285ea8 100644
--- a/Tests/Parser/ParserManagerTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Parser/ParserManagerTest.php
@@ -24,10 +24,5 @@ class ParserManagerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 
         $actual = $parserManager->transform('*hi*', 'light');
         $this->assertEquals("<p><em>hi</em></p>\n", $actual, 'Specific parsers are registered');
-
-        /** @var MarkdownHelper $markdownHelper */
-        $markdownHelper = $container->get('templating.helper.markdown');
-        $actual = $markdownHelper->transform('*yo*');
-        $this->assertEquals("<p><em>yo</em></p>\n", $actual, 'The templating helper also works');
     }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/fixtures/app/TestKernel.php b/Tests/fixtures/app/TestKernel.php
index fd00ecf..b5cb93d 100644
--- a/Tests/fixtures/app/TestKernel.php
+++ b/Tests/fixtures/app/TestKernel.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace Knp\Bundle\MarkdownBundle\Tests\fixtures\app;
 use Knp\Bundle\MarkdownBundle\KnpMarkdownBundle;
 use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\FrameworkBundle;
 use Symfony\Component\Config\Loader\LoaderInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Alias;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Reference;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Kernel;
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ class TestKernel extends Kernel
             ));
 
             // add a public alias so we can fetch for testing
-            $c->setAlias('markdown.parser.parser_manager.public', 'markdown.parser.parser_manager');
+            $c->setAlias('markdown.parser.parser_manager.public', new Alias('markdown.parser.parser_manager', true));
         });
     }
 }
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