diff --git a/tests/src/unit-cbor.cpp b/tests/src/unit-cbor.cpp
index fe0fb2644..bdd9a98f1 100644
--- a/tests/src/unit-cbor.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/unit-cbor.cpp
@@ -2774,33 +2774,21 @@ TEST_CASE("examples from RFC 8949 Appendix A")
         CHECK(json::to_cbor(json::parse("1.1")) == std::vector<uint8_t>({0xfb, 0x3f, 0xf1, 0x99, 0x99, 0x99, 0x99, 0x99, 0x9a}));
         CHECK(json::parse("1.1") == json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xfb, 0x3f, 0xf1, 0x99, 0x99, 0x99, 0x99, 0x99, 0x9a})));
 
-        // half-precision float
-        //CHECK(json::to_cbor(json::parse("1.5")) == std::vector<uint8_t>({0xf9, 0x3e, 0x00}));
+        // the writer never emits half-precision floats, so these can only be decoded, not encoded
         CHECK(json::parse("1.5") == json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xf9, 0x3e, 0x00})));
-
-        // half-precision float
-        //CHECK(json::to_cbor(json::parse("65504.0")) == std::vector<uint8_t>({0xf9, 0x7b, 0xff}));
         CHECK(json::parse("65504.0") == json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xf9, 0x7b, 0xff})));
 
-        //CHECK(json::to_cbor(json::parse("100000.0")) == std::vector<uint8_t>({0xfa, 0x47, 0xc3, 0x50, 0x00}));
+        CHECK(json::to_cbor(json::parse("100000.0")) == std::vector<uint8_t>({0xfa, 0x47, 0xc3, 0x50, 0x00}));
         CHECK(json::parse("100000.0") == json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xfa, 0x47, 0xc3, 0x50, 0x00})));
 
-        //CHECK(json::to_cbor(json::parse("3.4028234663852886e+38")) == std::vector<uint8_t>({0xfa, 0x7f, 0x7f, 0xff, 0xff}));
+        CHECK(json::to_cbor(json::parse("3.4028234663852886e+38")) == std::vector<uint8_t>({0xfa, 0x7f, 0x7f, 0xff, 0xff}));
         CHECK(json::parse("3.4028234663852886e+38") == json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xfa, 0x7f, 0x7f, 0xff, 0xff})));
 
         CHECK(json::to_cbor(json::parse("1.0e+300")) == std::vector<uint8_t>({0xfb, 0x7e, 0x37, 0xe4, 0x3c, 0x88, 0x00, 0x75, 0x9c}));
         CHECK(json::parse("1.0e+300") == json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xfb, 0x7e, 0x37, 0xe4, 0x3c, 0x88, 0x00, 0x75, 0x9c})));
 
-        // half-precision float
-        //CHECK(json::to_cbor(json::parse("5.960464477539063e-8")) == std::vector<uint8_t>({0xf9, 0x00, 0x01}));
-        CHECK(json::parse("-4.0") == json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xf9, 0xc4, 0x00})));
-
-        // half-precision float
-        //CHECK(json::to_cbor(json::parse("0.00006103515625")) == std::vector<uint8_t>({0xf9, 0x04, 0x00}));
-        CHECK(json::parse("-4.0") == json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xf9, 0xc4, 0x00})));
-
-        // half-precision float
-        //CHECK(json::to_cbor(json::parse("-4.0")) == std::vector<uint8_t>({0xf9, 0xc4, 0x00}));
+        CHECK(json::parse("5.960464477539063e-8") == json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xf9, 0x00, 0x01})));
+        CHECK(json::parse("0.00006103515625") == json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xf9, 0x04, 0x00})));
         CHECK(json::parse("-4.0") == json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xf9, 0xc4, 0x00})));
 
         CHECK(json::to_cbor(json::parse("-4.1")) == std::vector<uint8_t>({0xfb, 0xc0, 0x10, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66}));