diff --git a/test/intl402/DateTimeFormat/prototype/format/related-year-zh.js b/test/intl402/DateTimeFormat/prototype/format/related-year-zh.js
index f7f2d17a7f..fd86e5092c 100644
--- a/test/intl402/DateTimeFormat/prototype/format/related-year-zh.js
+++ b/test/intl402/DateTimeFormat/prototype/format/related-year-zh.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright 2019 Google Inc, Igalia S.L. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2020 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.
 // This code is governed by the BSD license found in the LICENSE file.
 
 /*---
@@ -11,4 +12,6 @@ locale: [zh-u-ca-chinese]
 
 const df = new Intl.DateTimeFormat("zh-u-ca-chinese", {year: "numeric"});
 const date = new Date(2019, 5, 1);
-assert.sameValue(df.format(date), "2019己亥年");
+const formatted = df.format(date);
+const expected = ["2019己亥年", "己亥年"];
+assert(expected.includes(formatted));
diff --git a/test/intl402/DateTimeFormat/prototype/formatToParts/related-year-zh.js b/test/intl402/DateTimeFormat/prototype/formatToParts/related-year-zh.js
index c9ed319e4c..3a262ea07b 100644
--- a/test/intl402/DateTimeFormat/prototype/formatToParts/related-year-zh.js
+++ b/test/intl402/DateTimeFormat/prototype/formatToParts/related-year-zh.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright 2019 Google Inc, Igalia S.L. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2020 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.
 // This code is governed by the BSD license found in the LICENSE file.
 
 /*---
@@ -9,21 +10,24 @@ description: >
 locale: [zh-u-ca-chinese]
 ---*/
 
-function verifyFormatParts(actual, expected, message) {
-  assert.sameValue(Array.isArray(expected), true, `${message}: expected is Array`);
-  assert.sameValue(Array.isArray(actual), true, `${message}: actual is Array`);
-  assert.sameValue(actual.length, expected.length, `${message}: length`);
-
-  for (let i = 0; i < actual.length; ++i) {
-    assert.sameValue(actual[i].type, expected[i].type, `${message}: parts[${i}].type`);
-    assert.sameValue(actual[i].value, expected[i].value, `${message}: parts[${i}].value`);
-  }
-}
-
 const df = new Intl.DateTimeFormat("zh-u-ca-chinese", {year: "numeric"});
 const date = new Date(2019, 5, 1);
-verifyFormatParts(df.formatToParts(date), [
+const actual = df.formatToParts(date);
+
+const expected = [
   {type: "relatedYear", value: "2019"},
   {type: "yearName", value: "己亥"},
   {type: "literal", value: "年"},
-]);
+];
+
+assert.sameValue(Array.isArray(actual), true, 'actual is Array');
+
+if (actual.length <= 2) {
+  expected.shift(); // removes the relatedYear
+}
+
+actual.forEach(({ type, value }, i) => {
+  const { type: eType, value: eValue } = expected[i];
+  assert.sameValue(type, eType, `actual[${i}].type should be ${eType}`);
+  assert.sameValue(value, eValue, `actual[${i}].value should be ${eValue}`);
+});