diff --git a/tests/test_transpilers_blocks.py b/tests/test_transpilers_blocks.py
index c5722b4cf..26929fe19 100644
--- a/tests/test_transpilers_blocks.py
+++ b/tests/test_transpilers_blocks.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
     _find_previous_gates,
     _find_successive_gates,
     block_decomposition,
-    count_2q_gates,
     count_multi_qubit_gates,
     gates_on_qubit,
     initial_block_decomposition,
@@ -15,6 +14,13 @@
 )
 
 
+def assert_gates_equality(gates_1: list, gates_2: list):
+    """Check that the gates are the same."""
+    for g_1, g_2 in zip(gates_1, gates_2):
+        assert g_1.qubits == g_2.qubits
+        assert g_1.__class__ == g_2.__class__
+
+
 def test_count_2q_gates():
     block = Block(qubits=(0, 1), gates=[gates.CZ(0, 1), gates.CZ(0, 1), gates.H(0)])
     assert block.count_2q_gates() == 2
@@ -44,9 +50,7 @@ def test_fuse_blocks():
     block_1 = Block(qubits=(0, 1), gates=[gates.CZ(0, 1)])
     block_2 = Block(qubits=(0, 1), gates=[gates.H(0)])
     fused = block_1.fuse(block_2)
-    assert fused.qubits == (0, 1)
-    assert fused.entangled == True
-    assert fused.count_2q_gates() == 1
+    assert_gates_equality(fused.gates, block_1.gates + block_2.gates)
 
 
 def test_fuse_blocks_error():
@@ -76,29 +80,29 @@ def test_count_multi_qubit_gates():
 
 def test_gates_on_qubit():
     gatelist = [gates.H(0), gates.H(1), gates.H(2), gates.H(0)]
-    assert len(gates_on_qubit(gatelist, 0)) == 2
-    assert len(gates_on_qubit(gatelist, 1)) == 1
+    assert_gates_equality(gates_on_qubit(gatelist, 0), [gatelist[0], gatelist[-1]])
+    assert_gates_equality(gates_on_qubit(gatelist, 1), [gatelist[1]])
+    assert_gates_equality(gates_on_qubit(gatelist, 2), [gatelist[2]])
 
 
 def test_remove_gates():
     gatelist = [gates.H(0), gates.CZ(0, 1), gates.H(2), gates.CZ(0, 2)]
+    remaining = [gates.CZ(0, 1), gates.H(2)]
     delete_list = [gatelist[0], gatelist[3]]
     remove_gates(gatelist, delete_list)
-    assert len(gatelist) == 2
-    assert count_2q_gates(gatelist) == 1
+    assert_gates_equality(gatelist, remaining)
 
 
 def test_find_previous_gates():
     gatelist = [gates.H(0), gates.H(1), gates.H(2)]
     previous_gates = _find_previous_gates(gatelist, (0, 1))
-    assert len(previous_gates) == 2
+    assert_gates_equality(previous_gates, gatelist[:2])
 
 
 def test_find_successive_gates():
     gatelist = [gates.H(0), gates.CZ(2, 3), gates.H(1), gates.H(2), gates.CZ(2, 1)]
-    previous_gates = _find_successive_gates(gatelist, (0, 1))
-    assert len(previous_gates) == 2
-    assert count_2q_gates(previous_gates) == 0
+    successive_gates = _find_successive_gates(gatelist, (0, 1))
+    assert_gates_equality(successive_gates, [gatelist[0], gatelist[2]])
 
 
 def test_initial_block_decomposition():
@@ -111,6 +115,7 @@ def test_initial_block_decomposition():
     circ.add(gates.H(3))
     circ.add(gates.H(4))
     blocks = initial_block_decomposition(circ)
+    assert_gates_equality(blocks[0].gates, [gates.H(1), gates.H(0), gates.CZ(0, 1)])
     assert len(blocks) == 4
     assert len(blocks[0].gates) == 3
     assert len(blocks[1].gates) == 1
@@ -144,6 +149,7 @@ def test_block_decomposition_no_fuse():
     circ.add(gates.H(1))
     circ.add(gates.H(3))
     blocks = block_decomposition(circ, fuse=False)
+    assert_gates_equality(blocks[0].gates, [gates.H(1), gates.H(0), gates.CZ(0, 1), gates.H(0)])
     assert len(blocks) == 4
     assert len(blocks[0].gates) == 4
     assert len(blocks[1].gates) == 1
@@ -167,6 +173,7 @@ def test_block_decomposition():
     circ.add(gates.CZ(2, 3))  # 4 block
     circ.add(gates.CZ(0, 1))  # 3 block
     blocks = block_decomposition(circ)
+    assert_gates_equality(blocks[0].gates, [gates.H(1), gates.H(0), gates.CZ(0, 1), gates.H(0), gates.CZ(0, 1)])
     assert len(blocks) == 4
     assert blocks[0].count_2q_gates() == 2
     assert len(blocks[0].gates) == 5