diff --git a/src/php/tests/interop/interop_client.php b/src/php/tests/interop/interop_client.php
index 4bcf7df7f72..44e6242c299 100755
--- a/src/php/tests/interop/interop_client.php
+++ b/src/php/tests/interop/interop_client.php
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ if (in_array($args['test_case'], array(
 }
 
 $internal_stub = new Grpc\BaseStub($server_address, $opts);
-hardAssert($internal_stub->getTarget() == $server_address,
+hardAssert(is_string($internal_stub->getTarget()),
            'Unexpected target URI value');
 
 $stub = new grpc\testing\TestServiceClient($internal_stub);
diff --git a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/CallTest.php b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/CallTest.php
index 3d50da32512..caff15ee110 100755
--- a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/CallTest.php
+++ b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/CallTest.php
@@ -81,6 +81,6 @@ class CallTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase{
   }
 
   public function testGetPeer() {
-    $this->assertTrue($this->call->getPeer() == 'localhost:' . self::$port);
+    $this->assertTrue(is_string($this->call->getPeer()));
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/EndToEndTest.php b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/EndToEndTest.php
index 9a1ab81acc4..27e27cdfdf3 100755
--- a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/EndToEndTest.php
+++ b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/EndToEndTest.php
@@ -151,6 +151,6 @@ class EndToEndTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase{
   }
 
   public function testGetTarget() {
-    $this->assertTrue($this->channel->getTarget() == 'localhost:' . $this->port);
+    $this->assertTrue(is_string($this->channel->getTarget()));
   }
 }