diff --git a/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/retry-test.xml b/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/retry-test.xml
index 333faf2bd..210e01c33 100644
--- a/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/retry-test.xml
+++ b/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/retry-test.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <get src="${src}" dest="${dest}"/>
       </retry>
     </au:expectfailure>
-    <au:assertLogContains text="Attempt [1]:  error occurred; retrying..."/>
+    <au:assertLogContains text="Attempt [1]: error occurred; retrying..."/>
   </target>
 
   <target name="test-success">
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <retry retrycount="${i}">
       <touch file="${dest}"/>
     </retry>
-    <au:assertLogDoesntContain text="Attempt [1]:  error occurred; retrying..."/>
+    <au:assertLogDoesntContain text="Attempt [1]: error occurred; retrying..."/>
   </target>
 
 </project>