diff --git a/tests/protocols/misc/pcap/test_frame_length_runtime.py b/tests/protocols/misc/pcap/test_frame_length_runtime.py
index f8a0fb0d13..83ffcf92e0 100644
--- a/tests/protocols/misc/pcap/test_frame_length_runtime.py
+++ b/tests/protocols/misc/pcap/test_frame_length_runtime.py
@@ -347,10 +347,7 @@ def test_block2frame_puts_the_on_wire_length_in_len(self) -> None:
                 self.assertEqual(frame.frame_info.orig_len, block.original_len)
 
                 self.assertGreaterEqual(frame.len, frame.cap_len)
-                # NOTE: no assertion that ``cap_len == len(frame.packet)`` here,
-                # which is the PCAP side's independent check. The octets a
-                # PCAP-NG block carries are #646's concern, pinned in
-                # tests/protocols/test_pcapng_regression.py rather than here.
+                self.assertEqual(frame.cap_len, len(frame.packet))
 
                 if block.captured_len != block.original_len:
                     truncated += 1
diff --git a/tests/protocols/test_pcapng_regression.py b/tests/protocols/test_pcapng_regression.py
index a87b1ea541..67857841c0 100644
--- a/tests/protocols/test_pcapng_regression.py
+++ b/tests/protocols/test_pcapng_regression.py
@@ -405,12 +405,12 @@ def test_dumped_pcap_carries_the_payload_octets(self) -> None:
                 self.assertGreaterEqual(orig_len, incl_len)
 
         # 24 octets of global header, then 16 of record header and the payload per
-        # record, with nothing left over. Without the #646 fix this file is 88 octets
-        # for these four blocks -- the global header and four record headers, and not
-        # one octet of payload -- which is both the wrong size and, worse, a size a
-        # reader cannot tell is wrong until it has already lost frame sync.
+        # record, with nothing left over. This exact size is what catches #646:
+        # without the fix the file is the global header and one record header per
+        # block, and not one octet of payload -- which is both the wrong size and,
+        # worse, a size a reader cannot tell is wrong until it has already lost
+        # frame sync.
         self.assertEqual(len(dumped), 24 + sum(16 + len(payload) for payload in expected))
-        self.assertNotEqual(len(dumped), 104)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/tests/protocols/transport/test_sctp_unit.py b/tests/protocols/transport/test_sctp_unit.py
index ca2f1fefb8..5ec87f4d3a 100644
--- a/tests/protocols/transport/test_sctp_unit.py
+++ b/tests/protocols/transport/test_sctp_unit.py
@@ -31,30 +31,6 @@
 HAS_SCAPY = importlib.util.find_spec('scapy') is not None
 
 
-def bitfield_packs_zero_bits() -> bool:
-    """Whether :class:`~pcapkit.corekit.fields.strings.BitField` packs a clear bit.
-
-    It guards against a ``BitField.pre_process`` that seeds its working buffer
-    with NUL bytes and then writes the ASCII characters ``b'0'`` and ``b'1'``
-    into it, before collapsing the buffer by truth-testing each byte -- ``b'0'``
-    is ``0x30``, which is truthy, so every named bit comes out **set** regardless
-    of its value, and a flag word constructed with any bit clear does not survive
-    a round trip.
-
-    That is a library-wide concern of :mod:`pcapkit.corekit`, not an SCTP one.
-    The tests that need clear bits on the *construction* side are gated on this
-    probe, so that they run wherever :mod:`pcapkit.corekit` packs clear bits
-    correctly. Parsing does not depend on it -- ``BitField.post_process`` reads
-    the bits separately -- so the wire-conformance and scapy cross-check tests
-    below exercise mixed flags unconditionally.
-
-    """
-    from pcapkit.corekit.fields.strings import BitField
-
-    field = BitField(length=1, namespace={'a': (0, 1), 'b': (7, 1)})
-    return field.pre_process({'a': 0, 'b': 1}, {}) == b'\x01'
-
-
 @unittest.skipUnless(HAS_RUNTIME, 'runtime dependencies not installed')
 class SCTPUnitTests(unittest.TestCase):
     # NOTE: Unlike the sibling TCP/UDP unit tests, this module does not purge
@@ -246,11 +222,10 @@ def test_every_chunk_type_round_trips(self) -> None:
         from pcapkit.const.sctp.chunk import Chunk
         from pcapkit.const.sctp.parameter import Parameter
 
-        # Every flag in the flag-carrying chunks is set, so that these tests do
-        # not depend on the BitField construction probe
-        # :func:`bitfield_packs_zero_bits`; mixed flags are covered on the
-        # parsing side by the wire-conformance and scapy tests below, and on the
-        # construction side by the gated test that follows this one.
+        # Every flag in the flag-carrying chunks is set; mixed flags are covered
+        # on the parsing side by the wire-conformance and scapy tests below, and
+        # on the construction side by
+        # ``test_chunk_flags_round_trip_with_mixed_bits``.
         cases = [
             (Chunk.Payload_Data,
              dict(I=True, U=True, B=True, E=True, tsn=0x0A0B0C0D, stream_id=1,
@@ -329,10 +304,6 @@ def test_every_chunk_type_round_trips(self) -> None:
     def test_chunk_flags_round_trip_with_mixed_bits(self) -> None:
         from pcapkit.const.sctp.chunk import Chunk
 
-        if not bitfield_packs_zero_bits():
-            self.skipTest('BitField.pre_process sets every named bit regardless '
-                          'of value; see bitfield_packs_zero_bits()')
-
         raw = self._build([(Chunk.Payload_Data,
                             dict(I=False, U=False, B=True, E=True, tsn=1, data=b'x'))])
         flags = self._packet(raw).info.chunks[Chunk.Payload_Data].flags