diff --git a/R/utils-get_code_dependency.R b/R/utils-get_code_dependency.R
index 7f555e4c..8596ae42 100644
--- a/R/utils-get_code_dependency.R
+++ b/R/utils-get_code_dependency.R
@@ -521,6 +521,9 @@ get_call_breaks <- function(code) {
     }
   ))
   call_breaks <- call_breaks[-nrow(call_breaks), , drop = FALSE] # breaks in between needed only
+  if (nrow(call_breaks) == 0L) {
+    call_breaks <- matrix(numeric(0), ncol = 2)
+  }
   colnames(call_breaks) <- c("line", "col")
   call_breaks
 }
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-qenv_constructor.R b/tests/testthat/test-qenv_constructor.R
index 064ef980..992397ed 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-qenv_constructor.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-qenv_constructor.R
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@ testthat::test_that("constructor returns qenv", {
   testthat::expect_identical(q@code, list())
 })
 
-testthat::describe("parent of qenv environment is the parent of .GlobalEnv", {
+testthat::describe("grand parent of qenv environment is the parent of .GlobalEnv", {
   testthat::it("via slot", {
     q <- qenv()
-    testthat::expect_identical(parent.env(q@.xData), parent.env(.GlobalEnv))
+    testthat::expect_identical(parent.env(parent.env(q@.xData)), parent.env(.GlobalEnv))
   })
 
   testthat::it("via qenv directly", {
     q <- qenv()
-    testthat::expect_identical(parent.env(q), parent.env(.GlobalEnv))
+    testthat::expect_identical(parent.env(parent.env(q)), parent.env(.GlobalEnv))
   })
 })
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-qenv_eval_code.R b/tests/testthat/test-qenv_eval_code.R
index cf769a00..9a6075a6 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-qenv_eval_code.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-qenv_eval_code.R
@@ -136,44 +136,12 @@ testthat::test_that("comments fall into proper calls", {
   testthat::expect_identical(get_code(q), code)
 })
 
-testthat::test_that("comments alone are pasted to the next/following call element", {
-  code <- c("x <- 5", "# comment", "y <- 6")
-  q <- eval_code(qenv(), code)
-  testthat::expect_identical(
-    as.character(q@code)[2],
-    paste(code[2:3], collapse = "\n")
-  )
-  testthat::expect_identical(
-    get_code(q),
-    paste(code, collapse = "\n")
-  )
-})
-
-testthat::test_that("comments at the end of src are added to the previous call element", {
-  code <- c("x <- 5", "# comment")
-  q <- eval_code(qenv(), code)
-  testthat::expect_identical(
-    as.character(q@code),
-    paste(code[1:2], collapse = "\n")
-  )
-  testthat::expect_identical(
-    get_code(q),
-    paste(code, collapse = "\n")
-  )
-})
-
 testthat::test_that("comments from the same line are associated with it's call", {
   code <- c("x <- 5", " y <- 4 # comment", "z <- 5")
   q <- eval_code(qenv(), code)
   testthat::expect_identical(as.character(q@code)[2], code[2])
 })
 
-testthat::test_that("alone comments at the end of the source are considered as continuation of the last call", {
-  code <- c("x <- 5\n", "y <- 10\n# comment")
-  q <- eval_code(eval_code(qenv(), code[1]), code[2])
-  testthat::expect_identical(as.character(q@code)[2], code[2])
-})
-
 testthat::test_that("comments passed alone to eval_code that contain @linksto tag have detected dependency", {
   code <- c("x <- 5", "# comment @linksto x")
   q <- eval_code(eval_code(qenv(), code[1]), code[2])
@@ -201,3 +169,4 @@ testthat::test_that("plot output is stored as recordedplot in the 'outputs' attr
   q <- eval_code(qenv(), "plot(1)")
   testthat::expect_s3_class(attr(q@code[[1]], "outputs")[[1]], "recordedplot")
 })
+
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-qenv_get_code.R b/tests/testthat/test-qenv_get_code.R
index 825d9769..a5dc2975 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-qenv_get_code.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-qenv_get_code.R
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ testthat::test_that("detects occurrence of a function definition when a formal i
 })
 
 testthat::test_that("detects occurrence of a function definition with a @linksto usage", {
-  code <- c(
+  code <- trimws(c(
     "
         foo <- function() {
           env <- parent.frame()
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ testthat::test_that("detects occurrence of a function definition with a @linksto
         }",
     "foo() # @linksto x",
     "y <- x"
-  )
+  ))
   q <- eval_code(qenv(), code)
   testthat::expect_identical(
     get_code(q, names = "x"),
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ testthat::test_that("detects occurrence of a function definition with a @linksto
 # for loop --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 testthat::test_that("objects in for loop are extracted if passed as one character", {
-  code <- "
+  code <- trimws("
     some_other_dataset <- mtcars
     original_dataset <- iris[, 1:4]
     count <- 1
@@ -610,11 +610,11 @@ testthat::test_that("objects in for loop are extracted if passed as one characte
       count <- count + 1
     }
     output <- rlang::list2(x = original_dataset)
-  "
+  ")
   q <- eval_code(qenv(), code)
   testthat::expect_identical(
     get_code(q, names = "output"),
-    gsub("\n    some_other_dataset <- mtcars\n", "", code, fixed = TRUE)
+    gsub("some_other_dataset <- mtcars\n", "", code, fixed = TRUE)
   )
 })