diff --git a/demo/unit_test.c b/demo/unit_test.c
index 268f3b1..16067c8 100644
--- a/demo/unit_test.c
+++ b/demo/unit_test.c
@@ -735,7 +735,6 @@ static int test_invalid_binary_v2_payload_offset_oob(test_context_t *context)
     ikv_node_t *root = ikv_create_object("root");
     uint8_t *data = NULL;
     uint32_t size = 0u;
-    ikv_node_t *loaded = NULL;
     int result = 0;
 
     if (!root)
@@ -752,14 +751,10 @@ static int test_invalid_binary_v2_payload_offset_oob(test_context_t *context)
         data[size - 7u] = 0xFFu;
         data[size - 6u] = 0xFFu;
         data[size - 5u] = 0x7Fu;
-        loaded = ikvb_parse_memory(data, size);
-        if (!loaded)
-            result = fail(context, "failed to parse mutated v2 buffer");
-        else if (ikv_object_get(loaded, "a") != NULL)
-            result = fail(context, "oob payload offset should fail lazy load");
+        if (ikvb_parse_memory(data, size) != NULL)
+            result = fail(context, "oob payload offset should fail indexed parse");
     }
 
-    ikv_free(loaded);
     free(data);
     ikv_free(root);
     return result;
@@ -770,7 +765,6 @@ static int test_invalid_binary_v2_payload_size_oob(test_context_t *context)
     ikv_node_t *root = ikv_create_object("root");
     uint8_t *data = NULL;
     uint32_t size = 0u;
-    ikv_node_t *loaded = NULL;
     int result = 0;
 
     if (!root)
@@ -787,14 +781,10 @@ static int test_invalid_binary_v2_payload_size_oob(test_context_t *context)
         data[size - 3u] = 0xFFu;
         data[size - 2u] = 0xFFu;
         data[size - 1u] = 0x7Fu;
-        loaded = ikvb_parse_memory(data, size);
-        if (!loaded)
-            result = fail(context, "failed to parse mutated v2 buffer");
-        else if (ikv_object_get(loaded, "a") != NULL)
-            result = fail(context, "oob payload size should fail lazy load");
+        if (ikvb_parse_memory(data, size) != NULL)
+            result = fail(context, "oob payload size should fail indexed parse");
     }
 
-    ikv_free(loaded);
     free(data);
     ikv_free(root);
     return result;