diff --git a/.github/jobs/configure-checks/all.bats b/.github/jobs/configure-checks/all.bats
index 630773158c..207650895f 100755
--- a/.github/jobs/configure-checks/all.bats
+++ b/.github/jobs/configure-checks/all.bats
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ repo-remove () {
     assert_line "checking for gcc... no"
     assert_line "checking for cc... no"
     assert_line "checking for cl.exe... no"
-    assert_line "configure: error: in \`${test_path}':"
+    assert_regex "configure: error: in .${test_path}':"
     assert_line 'configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH'
-    assert_line "See \`config.log' for more details"
+    assert_regex "See [\`']config.log' for more details"
 }
 
 compiler_assertions () {