diff --git a/packages/flutter/test/painting/text_span_test.dart b/packages/flutter/test/painting/text_span_test.dart
index 08b30122f18..81133b225f1 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/test/painting/text_span_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/test/painting/text_span_test.dart
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ import 'package:test/test.dart';
 
 void main() {
   test('TextSpan equals', () {
-    TextSpan a1 = new TextSpan(text: 'a'); // ignore: prefer_const_constructors
-    TextSpan a2 = new TextSpan(text: 'a'); // ignore: prefer_const_constructors
+    String text = 'a'; // we want these instances to be separate instances so that we're not just checking with a single object
+    TextSpan a1 = new TextSpan(text: text);
+    TextSpan a2 = new TextSpan(text: text);
     TextSpan b1 = new TextSpan(children: <TextSpan>[ a1 ]);
     TextSpan b2 = new TextSpan(children: <TextSpan>[ a2 ]);
-    TextSpan c1 = new TextSpan(); // ignore: prefer_const_constructors
-    TextSpan c2 = new TextSpan(); // ignore: prefer_const_constructors
+    String nullText; // we want these instances to be separate instances so that we're not just checking with a single object
+    TextSpan c1 = new TextSpan(text: nullText);
+    TextSpan c2 = new TextSpan(text: nullText);
 
     expect(a1 == a2, isTrue);
     expect(b1 == b2, isTrue);
diff --git a/packages/flutter/test/widgets/key_test.dart b/packages/flutter/test/widgets/key_test.dart
index 199aa1df43c..b640dd67d61 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/test/widgets/key_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/test/widgets/key_test.dart
@@ -19,32 +19,37 @@ class NotEquals {
 
 void main() {
   testWidgets('Keys', (WidgetTester tester) async {
-    expect(new ValueKey<int>(3) == new ValueKey<int>(3), isTrue); // ignore: prefer_const_constructors
-    expect(new ValueKey<num>(3) == new ValueKey<int>(3), isFalse); // ignore: prefer_const_constructors
-    expect(new ValueKey<int>(3) == new ValueKey<int>(2), isFalse); // ignore: prefer_const_constructors
+    int int3 = 3; // we want these instances to be separate instances so that we're not just checking with a single object
+    expect(new ValueKey<int>(int3) == new ValueKey<int>(int3), isTrue);
+    expect(new ValueKey<num>(int3) == new ValueKey<int>(int3), isFalse);
+    int int2 = 2; // we want these instances to be separate instances so that we're not just checking with a single object
+    expect(new ValueKey<int>(int3) == new ValueKey<int>(int2), isFalse);
     expect(const ValueKey<double>(double.NAN) == const ValueKey<double>(double.NAN), isFalse);
-    
-    expect(new Key('') == new ValueKey<String>(''), isTrue); // ignore: prefer_const_constructors
-    expect(new ValueKey<String>('') == new ValueKey<String>(''), isTrue); // ignore: prefer_const_constructors
-    expect(new TestValueKey<String>('') == new ValueKey<String>(''), isFalse); // ignore: prefer_const_constructors
-    expect(new TestValueKey<String>('') == new TestValueKey<String>(''), isTrue); // ignore: prefer_const_constructors
 
-    expect(new ValueKey<String>('') == new ValueKey<dynamic>(''), isFalse); // ignore: prefer_const_constructors
-    expect(new TestValueKey<String>('') == new TestValueKey<dynamic>(''), isFalse); // ignore: prefer_const_constructors
-    
+    String empty = ''; // we want these instances to be separate instances so that we're not just checking with a single object
+    expect(new Key(empty) == new ValueKey<String>(empty), isTrue);
+    expect(new ValueKey<String>(empty) == new ValueKey<String>(empty), isTrue);
+    expect(new TestValueKey<String>(empty) == new ValueKey<String>(empty), isFalse);
+    expect(new TestValueKey<String>(empty) == new TestValueKey<String>(empty), isTrue);
+
+    expect(new ValueKey<String>(empty) == new ValueKey<dynamic>(empty), isFalse);
+    expect(new TestValueKey<String>(empty) == new TestValueKey<dynamic>(empty), isFalse);
+
     expect(new UniqueKey() == new UniqueKey(), isFalse);
     LocalKey k = new UniqueKey();
     expect(new UniqueKey() == new UniqueKey(), isFalse);
     expect(k == k, isTrue);
-    
+
     expect(new ValueKey<LocalKey>(k) == new ValueKey<LocalKey>(k), isTrue);
     expect(new ValueKey<LocalKey>(k) == new ValueKey<UniqueKey>(k), isFalse);
     expect(new ObjectKey(k) == new ObjectKey(k), isTrue);
 
-    expect(new ValueKey<NotEquals>(const NotEquals()) == new ValueKey<NotEquals>(const NotEquals()), isFalse); // ignore: prefer_const_constructors
-    expect(new ObjectKey(const NotEquals()) == new ObjectKey(const NotEquals()), isTrue); // ignore: prefer_const_constructors
-    
-    expect(new ObjectKey(const Object()) == new ObjectKey(const Object()), isTrue); // ignore: prefer_const_constructors
+    NotEquals constNotEquals = const NotEquals(); // we want these instances to be separate instances so that we're not just checking with a single object
+    expect(new ValueKey<NotEquals>(constNotEquals) == new ValueKey<NotEquals>(constNotEquals), isFalse);
+    expect(new ObjectKey(constNotEquals) == new ObjectKey(constNotEquals), isTrue);
+
+    Object constObject = const Object(); // we want these instances to be separate instances so that we're not just checking with a single object
+    expect(new ObjectKey(constObject) == new ObjectKey(constObject), isTrue);
     expect(new ObjectKey(new Object()) == new ObjectKey(new Object()), isFalse);
 
     expect(const ValueKey<bool>(true), hasOneLineDescription);
diff --git a/packages/flutter/test/widgets/render_object_widget_test.dart b/packages/flutter/test/widgets/render_object_widget_test.dart
index dd47645c25a..3df11f4bbc3 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/test/widgets/render_object_widget_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/test/widgets/render_object_widget_test.dart
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/rendering.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
 
-final BoxDecoration kBoxDecorationA = new BoxDecoration(); // ignore: prefer_const_constructors
-final BoxDecoration kBoxDecorationB = new BoxDecoration(); // ignore: prefer_const_constructors
-final BoxDecoration kBoxDecorationC = new BoxDecoration(); // ignore: prefer_const_constructors
+final Border nullBorder = null; // we want these instances to be separate instances so that we're not just checking with a single object
+final BoxDecoration kBoxDecorationA = new BoxDecoration(border: nullBorder);
+final BoxDecoration kBoxDecorationB = new BoxDecoration(border: nullBorder);
+final BoxDecoration kBoxDecorationC = new BoxDecoration(border: nullBorder);
 
 class TestWidget extends StatelessWidget {
   const TestWidget({ this.child });