diff --git a/stream/mts/meta/meta_test.go b/stream/mts/meta/meta_test.go
index afd38544..6d98fe0f 100644
--- a/stream/mts/meta/meta_test.go
+++ b/stream/mts/meta/meta_test.go
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ package meta
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
-	"encoding/binary"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -42,12 +42,6 @@ const (
 	tstData3 = "d,e,f"
 )
 
-var (
-	errNotExpectedOut = "Did not get expected out. \nGot : %v, \nwant: %v\n"
-	errUnexpectedErr  = "Unexpected err: %v\n"
-	errNotExpectedErr = "Not expected err: %v\n"
-)
-
 // TestAddAndGet ensures that we can add metadata and then successfully get it.
 func TestAddAndGet(t *testing.T) {
 	meta := New()
@@ -76,7 +70,7 @@ func TestUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	meta.Add(tstKey1, tstData3)
 
 	if data, err := meta.Get(tstKey1); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf(errUnexpectedErr, err.Error())
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected err: %v\n", err.Error())
 		if data != tstData2 {
 			t.Errorf("Data did not correctly update for key \"loc\"")
 		}
@@ -106,7 +100,7 @@ func TestGetAbsentKey(t *testing.T) {
 	meta := New()
 
 	if _, err := meta.Get(tstKey1); err != errKeyAbsent {
-		t.Errorf(errNotExpectedErr, errKeyAbsent.Error())
+		t.Errorf("Not expected err: %v\n", errKeyAbsent.Error())
 	}
 }
 
@@ -115,10 +109,10 @@ func TestDelete(t *testing.T) {
 	meta := New()
 	meta.Add(tstKey1, tstData1)
 	if err := meta.Delete(tstKey1); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf(errUnexpectedErr, err.Error())
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected err: %v\n", err.Error())
 	}
 	if _, err := meta.Get(tstKey1); err != errKeyAbsent {
-		t.Errorf(errNotExpectedErr, errKeyAbsent.Error())
+		t.Errorf("Not expected err: %v\n", errKeyAbsent.Error())
 	}
 }
 
@@ -127,7 +121,7 @@ func TestDelete(t *testing.T) {
 func TestDeleteAbsentKey(t *testing.T) {
 	meta := New()
 	if err := meta.Delete(tstKey1); err != errKeyAbsent {
-		t.Errorf(errNotExpectedErr, errKeyAbsent.Error())
+		t.Errorf("Not expected err: %v\n", errKeyAbsent.Error())
 	}
 }
 
@@ -142,14 +136,14 @@ func TestEncode(t *testing.T) {
 		0x00,
 		0x10,
 	}
-	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(header[2:4],uint16(dataLen))
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(header[2:4], uint16(dataLen))
 	expectedOut := append(header[:], []byte(
 		tstKey1+"="+tstData1+"\t"+
 			tstKey2+"="+tstData2)...)
 
 	got := meta.Encode()
 	if !bytes.Equal(expectedOut, got) {
-		t.Errorf(errNotExpectedOut, got, expectedOut)
+		t.Errorf("Did not get expected out. \nGot : %v, \nwant: %v\n", got, expectedOut)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -157,18 +151,18 @@ func TestReadFrom(t *testing.T) {
 	tstMeta := append([]byte{0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0x12}, "loc=a,b,c\tts=12345"...)
 	got, err := ReadFrom([]byte(tstMeta), "loc")
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf(errUnexpectedErr, err.Error())
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected err: %v\n", err.Error())
 	}
 	want := "a,b,c"
 	if got != want {
-		t.Errorf(errNotExpectedOut, got, want)
+		t.Errorf("Did not get expected out. \nGot : %v, \nwant: %v\n", got, want)
 	}
 
 	if got, err = ReadFrom([]byte(tstMeta), "ts"); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf(errUnexpectedErr, err.Error())
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected err: %v\n", err.Error())
 	}
 	want = "12345"
 	if got != want {
-		t.Errorf(errNotExpectedOut, got, want)
+		t.Errorf("Did not get expected out. \nGot : %v, \nwant: %v\n", got, want)
 	}
 }