diff --git a/test/precompile.jl b/test/precompile.jl
index fcedee3098e87..f7a0e8f844ff2 100644
--- a/test/precompile.jl
+++ b/test/precompile.jl
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ try
               (::Task)(::UInt8, ::UInt16, ::UInt32) = 2
 
               # issue 16471 (capturing references to a kwfunc)
-              Test.@test !isdefined(Base.Nothing.name.mt, :kwsorter)
-              Base.nothing(::UInt8, ::UInt16, ::UInt32; x = 52) = x
-              const nothingkw = Core.kwfunc(Base.nothing)
+              Test.@test !isdefined(typeof(sin).name.mt, :kwsorter)
+              Base.sin(::UInt8, ::UInt16, ::UInt32; x = 52) = x
+              const sinkw = Core.kwfunc(Base.sin)
 
               # issue 16908 (some complicated types and external method definitions)
               abstract type CategoricalPool{T, R <: Integer, V} end
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ try
               const layout3 = collect(x.match for x in eachmatch(r"..", "abcdefghijk"))::Vector{SubString{String}}
           end
           """)
-    # make sure `nothing` didn't have a kwfunc (which would invalidate the attempted test)
-    @test !isdefined(Base.Nothing.name.mt, :kwsorter)
+    # make sure `sin` didn't have a kwfunc (which would invalidate the attempted test)
+    @test !isdefined(typeof(sin).name.mt, :kwsorter)
 
     # Issue #12623
     @test __precompile__(false) === nothing
@@ -281,9 +281,9 @@ try
         @test discard_module.(deps) == deps1
 
         @test current_task()(0x01, 0x4000, 0x30031234) == 2
-        @test nothing(0x01, 0x4000, 0x30031234) == 52
-        @test nothing(0x01, 0x4000, 0x30031234; x = 9142) == 9142
-        @test Foo.nothingkw === Core.kwfunc(Base.nothing)
+        @test sin(0x01, 0x4000, 0x30031234) == 52
+        @test sin(0x01, 0x4000, 0x30031234; x = 9142) == 9142
+        @test Foo.sinkw === Core.kwfunc(Base.sin)
 
         @test Foo.NominalValue() == 1
         @test Foo.OrdinalValue() == 1