diff --git a/tests/bind/tinvalidbindtypedesc.nim b/tests/bind/tinvalidbindtypedesc.nim
index 5b2f511108..7704d2cb76 100644
--- a/tests/bind/tinvalidbindtypedesc.nim
+++ b/tests/bind/tinvalidbindtypedesc.nim
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 discard """
   line: 10
-  errormsg: "type mismatch: got (typedesc[float], string)"
+  errormsg: "type mismatch: got (type float, string)"
 """
 
 proc foo(T: typedesc; some: T) =
diff --git a/tests/bind/tnicerrorforsymchoice.nim b/tests/bind/tnicerrorforsymchoice.nim
index bd00188faa..1431720e08 100644
--- a/tests/bind/tnicerrorforsymchoice.nim
+++ b/tests/bind/tnicerrorforsymchoice.nim
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 discard """
   line: 18
-  errormsg: "type mismatch: got (proc (s: TScgi) | proc (client: AsyncSocket, headers: StringTableRef, input: string){.noSideEffect, gcsafe, locks: 0.}"
+  errormsg: "type mismatch: got (proc (s: TScgi: ScgiState or AsyncScgiState) | proc (client: AsyncSocket, headers: StringTableRef, input: string){.noSideEffect, gcsafe, locks: 0.}"
 """
 
 #bug #442
diff --git a/tests/typerel/ttypedesc_as_genericparam1.nim b/tests/typerel/ttypedesc_as_genericparam1.nim
index 677bf6fc83..88c0509b22 100644
--- a/tests/typerel/ttypedesc_as_genericparam1.nim
+++ b/tests/typerel/ttypedesc_as_genericparam1.nim
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 discard """
   line: 6
-  errormsg: "type mismatch: got (typedesc[int])"
+  errormsg: "type mismatch: got (type int)"
 """
 # bug #3079, #1146
 echo repr(int)
diff --git a/tests/typerel/ttypenoval.nim b/tests/typerel/ttypenoval.nim
index d5b91fbca9..eabca48f63 100644
--- a/tests/typerel/ttypenoval.nim
+++ b/tests/typerel/ttypenoval.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 discard """
   file: "ttypenoval.nim"
   line: 38
-  errormsg: "type mismatch: got (typedesc[int]) but expected 'int'"
+  errormsg: "type mismatch: got (type int) but expected 'int'"
 """
 
 # A min-heap.