diff --git a/lib/test.js b/lib/test.js
index 8297580c..188e0e9b 100644
--- a/lib/test.js
+++ b/lib/test.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var every = require('array.prototype.every');
 var isEnumerable = callBound('Object.prototype.propertyIsEnumerable');
 var toLowerCase = callBound('String.prototype.toLowerCase');
 var isProto = callBound('Object.prototype.isPrototypeOf');
-var $test = callBound('RegExp.prototype.test');
+var $exec = callBound('RegExp.prototype.exec');
 var objectToString = callBound('Object.prototype.toString');
 var $split = callBound('String.prototype.split');
 var $replace = callBound('String.prototype.replace');
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ Test.prototype['throws'] = function (fn, expected, msg, extra) {
                 passed = expected.call({}, caught.error) === true;
             }
         } else if (isRegExp(expected)) {
-            passed = $test(expected, caught.error);
+            passed = $exec(expected, caught.error) !== null;
             expected = inspect(expected);
         } else if (expected && typeof expected === 'object') { // Handle validation objects.
             var keys = objectKeys(expected);
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ Test.prototype['throws'] = function (fn, expected, msg, extra) {
                 throw new TypeError('`throws` validation object must not be empty');
             }
             passed = every(keys, function (key) {
-                if (typeof caught.error[key] === 'string' && isRegExp(expected[key]) && $test(expected[key], caught.error[key])) {
+                if (typeof caught.error[key] === 'string' && isRegExp(expected[key]) && $exec(expected[key], caught.error[key]) !== null) {
                     return true;
                 }
                 if (key in caught.error && deepEqual(caught.error[key], expected[key], { strict: true })) {
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ Test.prototype.match = function match(string, regexp, msg, extra) {
             extra: extra
         });
     } else {
-        var matches = $test(regexp, string);
+        var matches = $exec(regexp, string) !== null;
         var message = defined(
             msg,
             'The input ' + (matches ? 'matched' : 'did not match') + ' the regular expression ' + inspect(regexp) + '. Input: ' + inspect(string)
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ Test.prototype.doesNotMatch = function doesNotMatch(string, regexp, msg, extra)
             extra: extra
         });
     } else {
-        var matches = $test(regexp, string);
+        var matches = $exec(regexp, string) !== null;
         var message = defined(
             msg,
             'The input ' + (matches ? 'was expected to not match' : 'did not match') + ' the regular expression ' + inspect(regexp) + '. Input: ' + inspect(string)