diff --git a/test/functional/legacy/normal_spec.lua b/test/functional/legacy/normal_spec.lua
index 576910f9bb..8f1dc67c67 100644
--- a/test/functional/legacy/normal_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/legacy/normal_spec.lua
@@ -147,17 +147,17 @@ describe('normal', function()
     end)
 
     clear({ env = { LANG = 'tr_TR.UTF-8' } })
-    screen = Screen.new(75, 5)
+    screen = Screen.new(40, 5)
     exec('set ruler')
     exec('lang tr_TR.UTF-8')
     exec('put =range(1,40)')
     exec('5')
     screen:expect([[
-      3                                                                          |
-      ^4                                                                          |
-      5                                                                          |
-      6                                                                          |
-      40 more lines                                            5,1            %8 |
+      3                                       |
+      ^4                                       |
+      5                                       |
+      6                                       |
+      40 more lines         5,1            %8 |
     ]])
   end)
 end)
diff --git a/test/old/testdir/test_normal.vim b/test/old/testdir/test_normal.vim
index 5e03819cd1..a56807e320 100644
--- a/test/old/testdir/test_normal.vim
+++ b/test/old/testdir/test_normal.vim
@@ -4402,6 +4402,9 @@ func Test_pos_percentage_in_turkish_locale()
   CheckRunVimInTerminal
   CheckNotMac
   defer execute(':lang C')
+  if !filereadable('../po/tr.mo')
+        throw 'Skipped: tr.mo not built, run make in src/po first'
+  endif
 
   try
     let dir = expand('$VIMRUNTIME/lang/tr/')
@@ -4411,7 +4414,7 @@ func Test_pos_percentage_in_turkish_locale()
     call mkdir(target, '')
     call filecopy(tr, target .. 'vim.mo')
     lang tr_TR.UTF-8
-    let buf = RunVimInTerminal('', {'rows': 5})
+    let buf = RunVimInTerminal('', {'rows': 5, 'cols': 40})
     call term_sendkeys(buf, ":lang tr_TR.UTF-8\<cr>")
     call term_sendkeys(buf, ":put =range(1,40)\<cr>")
     call term_sendkeys(buf, ":5\<cr>")