diff --git a/core/tests/unit/ldml/ldml.cpp b/core/tests/unit/ldml/ldml.cpp
index 61f369f179..8214b9edba 100644
--- a/core/tests/unit/ldml/ldml.cpp
+++ b/core/tests/unit/ldml/ldml.cpp
@@ -136,9 +136,10 @@ apply_action(
         }
       }
       if (act.backspace.expected_type == KM_CORE_BT_CHAR) {
+        std::cerr << "Note: TODO-LDML:  not validating backspace.expected_value nor ch - no information available." << std::endl;
         // assert(ch == act.backspace.expected_value);
-        assert(context.back().type == KM_CORE_CT_CHAR);
         // assert(context.back().character == ch);
+        assert(context.back().type == KM_CORE_CT_CHAR);
         context.pop_back();
       } else {
         // assume it's otherwise KM_CORE_BT_UNKNOWN
@@ -209,11 +210,11 @@ verify_context(std::u16string& text_store, km_core_state* &test_state, std::vect
     }
     std::cout << std::endl;
 
+#if 0
     // Verify that both our local test_context and the core's test_state.context have
     // not diverged
     auto ci = citems;
     // TODO-LDML: How to validate this with the new struct?
-#if 0
     for (auto test_ci = test_context.begin(); ci->type != KM_CORE_CT_END || test_ci != test_context.end(); ci++, test_ci++) {
       assert(ci->type != KM_CORE_CT_END && test_ci != test_context.end());  // Verify that both lists are same length
       assert(test_ci->type == ci->type && test_ci->marker == ci->marker);
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ verify_context(std::u16string& text_store, km_core_state* &test_state, std::vect
 #if 0
       assert(false);
 #else
-      std::cerr << "TODO-LDML: need to validate text store" << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << "TODO-LDML: need to validate text store" << std::endl;
 #endif
     }
     delete [] buf;