diff --git a/src/test/alert_tests.cpp b/src/test/alert_tests.cpp
index f7a11376d..f9e2be769 100644
--- a/src/test/alert_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/alert_tests.cpp
@@ -170,11 +170,8 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(AlertNotify)
         alert.ProcessAlert(false);
 
     std::vector<std::string> r = read_lines(temp);
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(r.size(), 4u);
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(r[0], "Alert 1");
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(r[1], "Alert 2, cancels 1");
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(r[2], "Alert 2, cancels 1");
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(r[3], "Evil Alert; /bin/ls; echo "); // single-quotes should be removed
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(r.size(), 1u);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(r[0], "Evil Alert; /bin/ls; echo "); // single-quotes should be removed
 
     boost::filesystem::remove(temp);