diff --git a/tests/extmod/asyncio_as_uasyncio.py b/tests/extmod/asyncio_as_uasyncio.py
index 612292299c..b021980590 100644
--- a/tests/extmod/asyncio_as_uasyncio.py
+++ b/tests/extmod/asyncio_as_uasyncio.py
@@ -1,12 +1,33 @@
 try:
     import uasyncio
-    import asyncio
 except ImportError:
     print("SKIP")
     raise SystemExit
 
-x = set(dir(uasyncio))
-y = set(dir(asyncio)) - set(["event", "lock", "stream", "funcs"])
 
-print(x - y)
-print(y - x)
+# Sample of public symbols we expect to see from `asyncio`. Verify they're all
+# available on `uasyncio`.
+expected = [
+    "CancelledError",
+    "create_task",
+    "current_task",
+    "Event",
+    "gather",
+    "get_event_loop",
+    "Lock",
+    "Loop",
+    "open_connection",
+    "run",
+    "run_until_complete",
+    "sleep",
+    "sleep_ms",
+    "start_server",
+    "StreamReader",
+    "StreamWriter",
+    "Task",
+    "ThreadSafeFlag",
+    "wait_for",
+]
+
+for e in expected:
+    getattr(uasyncio, e)
diff --git a/tests/extmod/asyncio_as_uasyncio.py.exp b/tests/extmod/asyncio_as_uasyncio.py.exp
index 9405b80109..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/tests/extmod/asyncio_as_uasyncio.py.exp
+++ b/tests/extmod/asyncio_as_uasyncio.py.exp
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-set()
-set()