diff --git a/tests/effects/teffects1.nim b/tests/effects/teffects1.nim
index 27f89f5fa1..ea1ea7b211 100644
--- a/tests/effects/teffects1.nim
+++ b/tests/effects/teffects1.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 discard """
-  line: 2166
   file: "system.nim"
   errormsg: "can raise an unlisted exception: ref IOError"
 """