diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Testing/TestResponse.php b/src/Illuminate/Testing/TestResponse.php
index 52acab73beda..b6a96f5483bb 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Testing/TestResponse.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Testing/TestResponse.php
@@ -621,11 +621,11 @@ public function assertSeeText($value, $escape = true)
 
         $values = $escape ? array_map('e', ($value)) : $value;
 
-        tap(strip_tags($this->getContent()), function ($content) use ($values) {
-            foreach ($values as $value) {
-                PHPUnit::assertStringContainsString((string) $value, $content);
-            }
-        });
+        $content = strip_tags($this->getContent());
+
+        foreach ($values as $value) {
+            PHPUnit::assertStringContainsString((string) $value, $content);
+        }
 
         return $this;
     }
@@ -679,11 +679,11 @@ public function assertDontSeeText($value, $escape = true)
 
         $values = $escape ? array_map('e', ($value)) : $value;
 
-        tap(strip_tags($this->getContent()), function ($content) use ($values) {
-            foreach ($values as $value) {
-                PHPUnit::assertStringNotContainsString((string) $value, $content);
-            }
-        });
+        $content = strip_tags($this->getContent());
+
+        foreach ($values as $value) {
+            PHPUnit::assertStringNotContainsString((string) $value, $content);
+        }
 
         return $this;
     }