diff --git a/tests/test_vcs_backends.py b/tests/test_vcs_backends.py
index e59fc7ada05441dca43ab1617fae70f41670343c..c77f2b8c0dd51d5771794de6d13ea98917e597ab 100644
--- a/tests/test_vcs_backends.py
+++ b/tests/test_vcs_backends.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def test_git_with_tag_name_and_update():
                      '%s@0.1.2#egg=pip-test-package' %
                      local_checkout('git+http://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git'),
                      expect_error=True)
-    assert '0.1.2\n' in result.stdout
+    assert '0.1.2' in result.stdout
 
 
 def test_git_branch_should_not_be_changed():
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def test_git_with_non_editable_unpacking():
     result = run_pip('install', '--global-option=--version', local_checkout(
                      'git+http://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git@0.1.2#egg=pip-test-package'
                      ), expect_error=True)
-    assert '0.1.2\n' in result.stdout
+    assert '0.1.2' in result.stdout
 
 
 def test_git_with_editable_where_egg_contains_dev_string():