diff --git a/tests/suites/helpers.function b/tests/suites/helpers.function
index 1255ff4be..4bed05ecd 100644
--- a/tests/suites/helpers.function
+++ b/tests/suites/helpers.function
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ typedef enum
 #define TEST_VALID_PARAM( TEST )                                    \
     TEST_ASSERT( ( TEST, 1 ) );
 
-#define assert(a) if( !( a ) )                                      \
+#define TEST_HELPER_ASSERT(a) if( !( a ) )                                      \
 {                                                                   \
     mbedtls_fprintf( stderr, "Assertion Failed at %s:%d - %s\n",   \
                              __FILE__, __LINE__, #a );              \
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ static int unhexify( unsigned char *obuf, const char *ibuf )
 {
     unsigned char c, c2;
     int len = strlen( ibuf ) / 2;
-    assert( strlen( ibuf ) % 2 == 0 ); /* must be even number of bytes */
+    TEST_HELPER_ASSERT( strlen( ibuf ) % 2 == 0 ); /* must be even number of bytes */
 
     while( *ibuf != 0 )
     {
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static int unhexify( unsigned char *obuf, const char *ibuf )
         else if( c >= 'A' && c <= 'F' )
             c -= 'A' - 10;
         else
-            assert( 0 );
+            TEST_HELPER_ASSERT( 0 );
 
         c2 = *ibuf++;
         if( c2 >= '0' && c2 <= '9' )
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ static int unhexify( unsigned char *obuf, const char *ibuf )
         else if( c2 >= 'A' && c2 <= 'F' )
             c2 -= 'A' - 10;
         else
-            assert( 0 );
+            TEST_HELPER_ASSERT( 0 );
 
         *obuf++ = ( c << 4 ) | c2;
     }
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ static unsigned char *zero_alloc( size_t len )
     size_t actual_len = ( len != 0 ) ? len : 1;
 
     p = mbedtls_calloc( 1, actual_len );
-    assert( p != NULL );
+    TEST_HELPER_ASSERT( p != NULL );
 
     memset( p, 0x00, actual_len );
 
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ static unsigned char *unhexify_alloc( const char *ibuf, size_t *olen )
         return( zero_alloc( *olen ) );
 
     obuf = mbedtls_calloc( 1, *olen );
-    assert( obuf != NULL );
+    TEST_HELPER_ASSERT( obuf != NULL );
 
     (void) unhexify( obuf, ibuf );
 
diff --git a/tests/suites/host_test.function b/tests/suites/host_test.function
index 3c4303208..fe6a2bc07 100644
--- a/tests/suites/host_test.function
+++ b/tests/suites/host_test.function
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static int parse_arguments( char *buf, size_t len, char **params,
             if( p + 1 < buf + len )
             {
                 cur = p + 1;
-                assert( cnt < params_len );
+                TEST_HELPER_ASSERT( cnt < params_len );
                 params[cnt++] = cur;
             }
             *p = '\0';
diff --git a/tests/suites/target_test.function b/tests/suites/target_test.function
index 56abf2948..e4c3e30de 100644
--- a/tests/suites/target_test.function
+++ b/tests/suites/target_test.function
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
  */
 #define INCR_ASSERT(p, start, len, step) do                     \
 {                                                               \
-    assert( ( p ) >= ( start ) );                               \
-    assert( sizeof( *( p ) ) == sizeof( *( start ) ) );         \
+    TEST_HELPER_ASSERT( ( p ) >= ( start ) );                               \
+    TEST_HELPER_ASSERT( sizeof( *( p ) ) == sizeof( *( start ) ) );         \
     /* <= is checked to support use inside a loop where         \
        pointer is incremented after reading data.       */      \
-    assert( (uint32_t)( ( ( p ) - ( start ) ) + ( step ) ) <= ( len ) );\
+    TEST_HELPER_ASSERT( (uint32_t)( ( ( p ) - ( start ) ) + ( step ) ) <= ( len ) );\
     ( p ) += ( step );                                          \
 }                                                               \
 while( 0 )
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ uint8_t * receive_data( uint32_t * data_len )
     /* Read data length */
     *data_len = receive_uint32();
     data = (uint8_t *)malloc( *data_len );
-    assert( data != NULL );
+    TEST_HELPER_ASSERT( data != NULL );
 
     greentea_getc(); // read ';' received after key i.e. *data_len
 
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ void ** parse_parameters( uint8_t count, uint8_t * data, uint32_t data_len,
     hex_count = find_hex_count(count, data, data_len);
 
     params = (void **)malloc( sizeof( void *) * ( count + hex_count ) );
-    assert( params != NULL );
+    TEST_HELPER_ASSERT( params != NULL );
     cur = params;
 
     p = data;
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ int execute_tests( int args, const char ** argv )
         {
             /* Read dependency count */
             count = *p;
-            assert( count < data_len );
+            TEST_HELPER_ASSERT( count < data_len );
             INCR_ASSERT( p, data, data_len, sizeof( uint8_t ) );
             ret = verify_dependencies( count, p );
             if ( ret != DEPENDENCY_SUPPORTED )