diff --git a/testing/acceptance_test.py b/testing/acceptance_test.py
index 716d3c3ce..dcdf5b93e 100644
--- a/testing/acceptance_test.py
+++ b/testing/acceptance_test.py
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ class TestInvocationVariants:
         result = testdir.runpytest("--pyargs", "tpkg.test_hello")
         assert result.ret != 0
         result.stderr.fnmatch_lines([
-            "*file*not*found*test_hello*",
+            "*not*found*test_hello*",
         ])
 
     def test_cmdline_python_package_not_exists(self, testdir):