diff --git a/servo/src/servo/text/font.rs b/servo/src/servo/text/font.rs
index ed32f13a4c4b..fe5624a39fe8 100644
--- a/servo/src/servo/text/font.rs
+++ b/servo/src/servo/text/font.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import vec_to_ptr = vec::unsafe::to_ptr;
 import libc::{ c_int, c_double, c_ulong };
 import ptr::{ null, addr_of };
 import native_font::NativeFont;
+import font_library::FontLibrary;
 
 // FIXME (rust 2708): convert this to a class
 
@@ -37,46 +38,43 @@ class Font {
     }
 }
 
-fn create_test_font() -> @Font {
-    import font_library::FontLibrary;
-
-    let flib = FontLibrary();
-    return flib.get_test_font();
-}
-
 fn test_font_bin() -> ~[u8] { #include_bin("JosefinSans-SemiBold.ttf") }
 
 fn should_destruct_on_fail_without_leaking() {
     #[test];
     #[should_fail];
-    #[ignore];
 
-    let _font = create_test_font();
+    let lib = FontLibrary();
+    let _font = lib.get_test_font();
     fail;
 }
 
 fn should_get_glyph_indexes() {
     #[test];
-    #[ignore(reason = "random failures")];
 
-    let font = create_test_font();
+    let lib = FontLibrary();
+    let font = lib.get_test_font();
     let glyph_idx = font.glyph_index('w');
     assert glyph_idx == some(40u);
 }
 
 fn should_get_glyph_advance() {
     #[test];
-    #[ignore(reason = "random failures")];
 
-    let font = create_test_font();
+    let lib = FontLibrary();
+    let font = lib.get_test_font();
     let x = font.glyph_h_advance(40u);
     assert x == 15;
 }
 
 fn should_be_able_to_create_instances_in_multiple_threads() {
     #[test];
-    #[ignore];
 
-    for iter::repeat(10u) {do task::spawn {create_test_font();}}
+    for iter::repeat(10u) {
+        do task::spawn {
+            let lib = FontLibrary();
+            let font = lib.get_test_font();
+        }
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/servo/src/servo/text/shaper.rs b/servo/src/servo/text/shaper.rs
index 29aac68e9704..be566cdfdf93 100644
--- a/servo/src/servo/text/shaper.rs
+++ b/servo/src/servo/text/shaper.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import glyph::{Glyph, GlyphPos};
 import ptr::{null, addr_of, offset};
 import gfx::geometry::{au, px_to_au};
 import geom::point::Point2D;
+import font_library::FontLibrary;
 
 import unsafe::reinterpret_cast;
 import harfbuzz::{HB_MEMORY_MODE_READONLY,
@@ -143,9 +144,10 @@ fn hb_glyph_pos_to_servo_glyph_pos(hb_pos: &hb_glyph_position_t) -> GlyphPos {
 
 fn should_get_glyph_indexes() {
     #[test];
-    #[ignore(reason = "random failures")];
+    #[ignore];
 
-    let font = font::create_test_font();
+    let lib = FontLibrary();
+    let font = lib.get_test_font();
     let glyphs = shape_text(font, ~"firecracker");
     let idxs = glyphs.map(|glyph| glyph.index);
     assert idxs == ~[32u, 8u, 13u, 14u, 10u, 13u, 201u, 10u, 37u, 14u, 13u];
@@ -153,9 +155,10 @@ fn should_get_glyph_indexes() {
 
 fn should_get_glyph_h_advance() {
     #[test];
-    #[ignore(reason = "random failures")];
+    #[ignore];
 
-    let font = font::create_test_font();
+    let lib = FontLibrary();
+    let font = lib.get_test_font();
     let glyphs = shape_text(font, ~"firecracker");
     let actual = glyphs.map(|g| g.pos.advance.x);
     let expected = (~[6, 4, 7, 9, 8, 7, 10, 8, 9, 9, 7]).map(|a| px_to_au(a));