diff --git a/tests/test_otel.py b/tests/test_otel.py
index 3c43b1cc..c9cdf932 100644
--- a/tests/test_otel.py
+++ b/tests/test_otel.py
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
         server_name  localhost;
 
         location /ok {
-            otel_span_name ok_location;
             return 200 "OK";
         }
 
@@ -50,6 +49,7 @@
         }
 
         location /custom {
+            otel_span_name custom_location;
             otel_span_attr http.request.completion
                 $request_completion;
             otel_span_attr http.response.header.content.type
@@ -146,14 +146,14 @@ def test_response_http09(trace_service, nginx, logger):
 
     span = trace_service.get_span()
 
-    assert span.name == "ok_location"
+    assert span.name == "/ok"
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("http_ver", ["1.1", "2.0", "3.0"])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("path", "status"),
-    [("/ok", 200), ("/err", 500), ("", 403)],
-    ids=["ok", "500 error", "403 error"],
+    [("/ok", 200), ("/err", 500)],
+    ids=["ok", "500 error"],
 )
 def test_response_and_span_attributes(
     http_ver, path, status, trace_service, client
@@ -164,14 +164,12 @@ def test_response_and_span_attributes(
     r = client.get(f"{scheme}://127.0.0.1:{port}{path}", verify=False)
 
     span = trace_service.get_span()
-
-    assert span.name == ("ok_location" if path == "/ok" else path)
+    assert span.name == path
 
     # Default span attributes
     assert get_attr(span, "http.method") == "GET"
-    # Some inconsistence between target and route metrics
-    assert get_attr(span, "http.target") == (path if path else "/")
-    assert get_attr(span, "http.route") == (path if path else None)
+    assert get_attr(span, "http.target") == path
+    assert get_attr(span, "http.route") == path
     assert get_attr(span, "http.scheme") == scheme
     assert get_attr(span, "http.flavor") == http_ver
     assert get_attr(span, "http.user_agent") == (
@@ -186,34 +184,21 @@ def test_response_and_span_attributes(
     assert get_attr(span, "net.sock.peer.port") in range(1024, 65536)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    ("path"),
-    [
-        ("/custom"),
-        (""),
-    ],
-    ids=["present", "absent"],
-)
-def test_custom_attributes(path, trace_service, client):
-    client.get(f"http://127.0.0.1:18080{path}")
+def test_custom_attributes(trace_service, client):
+    assert client.get("http://127.0.0.1:18080/custom").status_code == 200
 
     span = trace_service.get_span()
-    assert span.name == path
+    assert span.name == "custom_location"
 
     # Custom span attributes
-    assert get_attr(span, "http.request.completion") == (
-        "OK" if path == "/custom" else None
-    )
+    assert get_attr(span, "http.request.completion") == "OK"
     assert (
         get_attr(span, "http.response.header.content.type")
         .values[0]
         .string_value
-        if path == "/custom"
-        else get_attr(span, "http.response.header.content.type")
-    ) == ("text/plain" if path == "/custom" else None)
-    assert get_attr(span, "http.request") == (
-        "GET /custom HTTP/1.1" if path == "/custom" else None
+        == "text/plain"
     )
+    assert get_attr(span, "http.request") == "GET /custom HTTP/1.1"
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -257,23 +242,6 @@ def test_variables(
     assert r.headers["X-Otel-Parent-Sampled"] == ps[idx]
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip(reason="variables are present when trace is off")
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "headers", [None, context], ids=["no context", "context"]
-)
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("path", ["/notrace"], ids=["trace off"])
-def test_no_variables(headers, path, trace_service, client):
-    r = client.get(f"http://127.0.0.1:18080{path}", headers=headers)
-
-    time.sleep(0.01)  # wait for spans
-    assert len(trace_service.batches) == 0
-
-    assert r.headers.get("X-Otel-Trace-Id") is None
-    assert r.headers.get("X-Otel-Span-Id") is None
-    assert r.headers.get("X-Otel-Parent-Id") is None
-    assert r.headers.get("X-Otel-Parent-Sampled") is None
-
-
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("headers", "idx"),
     [(None, 0), (context, 1)],