diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-stroke.R b/tests/testthat/test-stroke.R
index 4f3b0f7..0732a61 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-stroke.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-stroke.R
@@ -10,10 +10,14 @@ p4 <- sf::st_point(c(2, 1))
 p5 <- sf::st_point(c(2, -1))
 p6 <- sf::st_point(c(3, -1))
 
+l1 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p1, p2))
+l2 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p2, p3))
+l3 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p2, p4))
+l4 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p2, p5))
+l5 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p5, p3))
+l6 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p5, p6))
+
 test_that("a stroke is found in a very simple network", {
-  l1 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p1, p2))
-  l2 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p2, p3))
-  l3 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p2, p4))
   sfc <- sf::st_sfc(l1, l2, l3)
   expected <- sf::st_sfc(sf::st_linestring(c(p1, p2, p3)), l3)
   actual <- stroke(sfc)
@@ -21,9 +25,6 @@ test_that("a stroke is found in a very simple network", {
 })
 
 test_that("sf objects can be used in input", {
-  l1 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p1, p2))
-  l2 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p2, p3))
-  l3 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p2, p4))
   sfc <- sf::st_sfc(l1, l2, l3)
   expected <- sf::st_sfc(sf::st_linestring(c(p1, p2, p3)), l3)
   actual <- sf::st_as_sf(sfc) |> stroke()
@@ -34,9 +35,6 @@ test_that("sfnetworks objects can be used in input", {
 
   skip_if_not_installed("sfnetworks")
 
-  l1 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p1, p2))
-  l2 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p2, p3))
-  l3 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p2, p4))
   nodes <- sf::st_sfc(p1, p2, p3, p4)
   edges <- sf::st_sf(from = c(1, 2, 2),
                      to = c(2, 3, 4),
@@ -49,18 +47,12 @@ test_that("sfnetworks objects can be used in input", {
 })
 
 test_that("multilinestrings are not supported", {
-  l1 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p1, p2))
-  l2 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p2, p3))
-  l3 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p2, p4))
   sfc <- sf::st_sfc(c(l1, l2), l3)
   expect_error(stroke(sfc), "MULTILINESTRING")
 })
 
 test_that("proper attributes are returned for a very simple network", {
   skip(message = "attribute mode to be implemented")
-  l1 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p1, p2))
-  l2 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p2, p3))
-  l3 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p2, p4))
   sfc <- sf::st_sfc(l1, l2, l3)
   expected <- as.integer(c(1, 1, 2))
   actual <- stroke(sfc, attributes = TRUE, flow_mode = TRUE)
@@ -68,31 +60,21 @@ test_that("proper attributes are returned for a very simple network", {
 })
 
 test_that("two linesegments are always merged if threshold is zero", {
-  l1 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p3, p2))
-  l2 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p2, p5))
-  sfc <- sf::st_sfc(l1, l2)
-  expected <- sf::st_sfc(sf::st_linestring(c(p3, p2, p5)))
+  sfc <- sf::st_sfc(l2, l4)
+  expected <- sf::st_sfc(sf::st_linestring(c(p5, p2, p3)))
   actual <- stroke(sfc, angle_threshold = 0)
   expect_setequal(actual, expected)
 })
 
 test_that("a more complex network with no threshold form a stroke", {
-  l1 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p1, p2))
-  l2 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p2, p5))
-  l3 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p5, p6))
-  l4 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p5, p3))
-  sfc <- sf::st_sfc(l1, l2, l3, l4)
-  expected <- sf::st_sfc(sf::st_linestring(c(p1, p2, p5, p6)), l4)
+  sfc <- sf::st_sfc(l1, l4, l5, l6)
+  expected <- sf::st_sfc(sf::st_linestring(c(p1, p2, p5, p6)), l5)
   actual <- stroke(sfc, angle_threshold = 0)
   expect_setequal(actual, expected)
 })
 
 test_that("a more complex network with threshold does not form strokes", {
-  l1 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p1, p2))
-  l2 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p2, p5))
-  l3 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p5, p6))
-  l4 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p5, p3))
-  sfc <- sf::st_sfc(l1, l2, l3, l4)
+  sfc <- sf::st_sfc(l1, l4, l5, l6)
   expected <- sfc
   actual <- stroke(sfc, angle_threshold = 150.)
   expect_setequal(actual, expected)
@@ -100,8 +82,6 @@ test_that("a more complex network with threshold does not form strokes", {
 
 test_that("attributes cannot be returned if not in flow mode", {
   skip(message = "attribute mode to be implemented")
-  l1 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p1, p2))
-  l2 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p2, p3))
   sfc <- sf::st_sfc(l1, l2)
   expect_error(stroke(sfc, attributes = TRUE, flow_mode = FALSE),
                "Stroke attributes can be returned only if `flow_mode = TRUE`)")
@@ -109,7 +89,6 @@ test_that("attributes cannot be returned if not in flow mode", {
 
 test_that("edges can be split if flow_mode is false", {
   l1 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p1, p2, p5))
-  l2 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p2, p3))
   sfc <- sf::st_sfc(l1, l2)
   expected <- sf::st_sfc(sf::st_linestring(c(p1, p2, p3)),
                          sf::st_linestring(c(p2, p5)))
@@ -120,7 +99,6 @@ test_that("edges can be split if flow_mode is false", {
 test_that("edges are not split if flow_mode is true", {
   skip(message = "flow mode to be implemented")
   l1 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p1, p2, p5))
-  l2 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p2, p3))
   sfc <- sf::st_sfc(l1, l2)
   expected <- sfc
   actual <- stroke(sfc, flow_mode = TRUE)
@@ -130,9 +108,7 @@ test_that("edges are not split if flow_mode is true", {
 test_that("strokes can be formed starting from a given edge", {
   skip(message = "stroke from edge to be implemented")
   l1 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p1, p2, p3))
-  l2 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p2, p5))
-  l3 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p5, p6))
-  sfc <- sf::st_sfc(l1, l2, l3)
+  sfc <- sf::st_sfc(l1, l4, l6)
   expected <- sf::st_sfc(sf::st_linestring(c(p1, p2, p5, p6)))
   actual <- stroke(sfc, flow_mode = FALSE, from_edge = 3)
   expect_setequal(actual, expected)
@@ -151,11 +127,7 @@ test_that("strokes can be formed starting from a given line segment", {
 
 test_that("attributes can be returned if edge is specified in flow mode", {
   skip(message = "flow mode to be implemented")
-  l1 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p1, p2))
-  l2 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p2, p3))
-  l3 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p3, p5))
-  l4 <- sf::st_linestring(c(p5, p6))
-  sfc <- sf::st_sfc(l1, l2, l3, l4)
+  sfc <- sf::st_sfc(l1, l2, l5, l6)
   expected <- as.integer(c(1, NA, 1, 1))
   actual <- stroke(sfc, attribute = TRUE, flow_mode = TRUE, from_edge = 3)
   expect_setequal(actual, expected)