diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 0d71174..5c58fd7 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -364,11 +364,29 @@
     """).splitlines()
     assert load_nist_vectors(vector_data) == [
         {'aad': b'',
-         'iv': b'3c',
-         'tag': b'eae841d4355feeb3f786bc86625f1e5b',
-         'key': b'58fab7632bcf10d2bcee58520bf37414',
-         'ct': b'15c4db4cbb451211179d57017f',
+         'pt': b'',
+         'iv': b'3c819d9a9bed087615030b65',
+         'tag': b'250327c674aaf477aef2675748cf6971',
+         'key': b'11754cd72aec309bf52f7687212e8957',
+         'ct': b''},
+        {'aad': b'',
+         'pt': b'',
+         'iv': b'794ec588176c703d3d2a7a07',
+         'tag': b'b6e6f197168f5049aeda32dafbdaeb',
+         'key': b'272f16edb81a7abbea887357a58c1917',
+         'ct': b''},
+        {'aad': b'',
+         'iv': b'907763b19b9b4ab6bd4f0281',
+         'tag': b'a2be08210d8c470a8df6e8fbd79ec5cf',
+         'key': b'a49a5e26a2f8cb63d05546c2a62f5343',
+         'ct': b'',
          'fail': True},
+        {'aad': b'e98e9d9c618e46fef32660976f854ee3',
+         'pt': b'd1448fa852b84408e2dad8381f363de7',
+         'iv': b'9549e4ba69a61cad7856efc1',
+         'tag': b'd72da7f5c6cf0bca7242c71835809449',
+         'key': b'5c1155084cc0ede76b3bc22e9f7574ef',
+         'ct': b'f78b60ca125218493bea1c50a2e12ef4'},
         {'aad': b'',
          'pt': b'',
          'iv': b'4e8df20faaf2c8eebe922902',
@@ -394,27 +412,9 @@
          'key': b'fd52925f39546b4c55ffb6b20c59898c',
          'ct': b''},
         {'aad': b'',
-         'pt': b'',
-         'iv': b'3c819d9a9bed087615030b65',
-         'tag': b'250327c674aaf477aef2675748cf6971',
-         'key': b'11754cd72aec309bf52f7687212e8957',
-         'ct': b''},
-        {'aad': b'',
-         'pt': b'',
-         'iv': b'794ec588176c703d3d2a7a07',
-         'tag': b'b6e6f197168f5049aeda32dafbdaeb',
-         'key': b'272f16edb81a7abbea887357a58c1917',
-         'ct': b''},
-        {'aad': b'',
-         'iv': b'907763b19b9b4ab6bd4f0281',
-         'tag': b'a2be08210d8c470a8df6e8fbd79ec5cf',
-         'key': b'a49a5e26a2f8cb63d05546c2a62f5343',
-         'ct': b'',
+         'iv': b'3c',
+         'tag': b'eae841d4355feeb3f786bc86625f1e5b',
+         'key': b'58fab7632bcf10d2bcee58520bf37414',
+         'ct': b'15c4db4cbb451211179d57017f',
          'fail': True},
-        {'aad': b'e98e9d9c618e46fef32660976f854ee3',
-         'pt': b'd1448fa852b84408e2dad8381f363de7',
-         'iv': b'9549e4ba69a61cad7856efc1',
-         'tag': b'd72da7f5c6cf0bca7242c71835809449',
-         'key': b'5c1155084cc0ede76b3bc22e9f7574ef',
-         'ct': b'f78b60ca125218493bea1c50a2e12ef4'},
     ]
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index 988a80b..94f97d5 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -23,36 +23,19 @@
 
 
 def load_nist_vectors(vector_data):
-    section = None
-    count = None
-    data = {}
+    test_data = None
+    data = []
 
     for line in vector_data:
         line = line.strip()
 
-        # Blank lines are ignored
-        if not line:
-            continue
-
-        # Lines starting with # are comments
-        if line.startswith("#"):
-            continue
-
-        # Look for section headers
-        if line.startswith("[") and line.endswith("]"):
-            if "=" in line:
-                # GCM section headers
-                if "Keylen" in line:
-                    section = line[1:-1]
-                else:
-                    section += line[1:-1]
-            else:
-                # non-GCM section headers
-                section = line[1:-1]
+        # Blank lines, comments, and section headers are ignored
+        if not line or line.startswith("#") or (line.startswith("[")
+                                                and line.endswith("]")):
             continue
 
         if line.strip() == "FAIL":
-            data[section, count]["fail"] = True
+            test_data["fail"] = True
             continue
 
         # Build our data using a simple Key = Value format
@@ -60,16 +43,15 @@
 
         # COUNT is a special token that indicates a new block of data
         if name.upper() == "COUNT":
-            count = value
-            data[section, count] = {}
+            test_data = {}
+            data.append(test_data)
+            continue
         # For all other tokens we simply want the name, value stored in
         # the dictionary
         else:
-            data[section, count][name.lower()] = value.encode("ascii")
+            test_data[name.lower()] = value.encode("ascii")
 
-    # We want to test only for a particular operation, we sort them for the
-    # benefit of the tests of this function.
-    return [v for k, v in sorted(data.items(), key=lambda kv: kv[0])]
+    return data
 
 
 def load_cryptrec_vectors(vector_data):