diff --git a/test/core/client_channel/lb_policies_test.c b/test/core/client_channel/lb_policies_test.c
index bf657f89eee..51df52c3e33 100644
--- a/test/core/client_channel/lb_policies_test.c
+++ b/test/core/client_channel/lb_policies_test.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include <grpc/support/log.h>
 #include <grpc/support/string_util.h>
 #include <grpc/support/time.h>
-#include <grpc/support/useful.h>
 
 #include "src/core/ext/client_channel/client_channel.h"
 #include "src/core/ext/client_channel/lb_policy_registry.h"
@@ -788,12 +787,8 @@ static void verify_total_carnage_round_robin(const servers_fixture *f,
    * subchannel already transitioned to retrying. */
   for (size_t i = 0; i < sequences->n; i++) {
     const grpc_connectivity_state actual = sequences->connectivity_states[i];
-    uint32_t expected_bitset;
-    GPR_BITSET(&expected_bitset, GRPC_CHANNEL_TRANSIENT_FAILURE);
-    GPR_BITSET(&expected_bitset, GRPC_CHANNEL_CONNECTING);
-    uint32_t actual_bitset;
-    GPR_BITSET(&actual_bitset, actual);
-    if ((actual_bitset & expected_bitset) == 0) {
+    if (actual != GRPC_CHANNEL_TRANSIENT_FAILURE &&
+        actual != GRPC_CHANNEL_CONNECTING) {
       gpr_log(GPR_ERROR,
               "CONNECTIVITY STATUS SEQUENCE FAILURE: expected "
               "GRPC_CHANNEL_TRANSIENT_FAILURE or GRPC_CHANNEL_CONNECTING, got "
@@ -850,13 +845,9 @@ static void verify_partial_carnage_round_robin(
    * are gone. May also be CONNECTING if, under load, this check took too long
    * to run and the subchannel already transitioned to retrying. */
   actual = sequences->connectivity_states[num_iters - 1];
-  uint32_t expected_bitset;
-  GPR_BITSET(&expected_bitset, GRPC_CHANNEL_TRANSIENT_FAILURE);
-  GPR_BITSET(&expected_bitset, GRPC_CHANNEL_CONNECTING);
-  uint32_t actual_bitset;
-  GPR_BITSET(&actual_bitset, actual);
   for (i = 0; i < sequences->n; i++) {
-    if ((actual_bitset & expected_bitset) == 0) {
+    if (actual != GRPC_CHANNEL_TRANSIENT_FAILURE &&
+        actual != GRPC_CHANNEL_CONNECTING) {
       gpr_log(GPR_ERROR,
               "CONNECTIVITY STATUS SEQUENCE FAILURE: expected "
               "GRPC_CHANNEL_TRANSIENT_FAILURE or GRPC_CHANNEL_CONNECTING, got "