diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-fit-gq.R b/tests/testthat/test-fit-gq.R
index 09e73213d..33cd62bed 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-fit-gq.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-fit-gq.R
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ test_that("print() method works after gq", {
   # make sure the row order is correct
   out <- capture.output(fit_gq$print(c("y_rep[1]", "sum_y", "y_rep[3]")))
   expect_length(out, 4)
-  expect_match(out[1], " variable", out[1])
+  expect_match(out[1], " variable")
   expect_match(out[2], " y_rep[1]", fixed = TRUE)
   expect_match(out[3], " sum_y")
   expect_match(out[4], " y_rep[3]", fixed = TRUE)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-fit-mcmc.R b/tests/testthat/test-fit-mcmc.R
index 2d3388338..6876fd5d4 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-fit-mcmc.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-fit-mcmc.R
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ test_that("print() method works after mcmc", {
   # make sure the row order is correct
   out <- capture.output(fit$print(c("theta[1]", "tau", "mu", "theta_raw[3]")))
   expect_length(out, 5)
-  expect_match(out[1], " variable", out[1])
+  expect_match(out[1], " variable")
   expect_match(out[2], " theta[1]", fixed = TRUE)
   expect_match(out[3], " tau")
   expect_match(out[4], " mu")