diff --git a/tests/errmsgs/t9908.nim b/tests/errmsgs/t9908.nim
index ca135ed50c..fa086517f7 100644
--- a/tests/errmsgs/t9908.nim
+++ b/tests/errmsgs/t9908.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 discard """
-errormsg: "Error: ordinal type expected"
+errormsg: "ordinal type expected"
 line: 10
 """