diff --git a/tests/test_builders/test_build_latex.py b/tests/test_builders/test_build_latex.py
index b4c51c87382..75073176588 100644
--- a/tests/test_builders/test_build_latex.py
+++ b/tests/test_builders/test_build_latex.py
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ def test_reference_in_caption_and_codeblock_in_footnote(app):
         '\\begin{footnote}[12]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
         'Third footnote in longtable\n'
     ) in result
-    assert ('\\end{sphinxVerbatim}\n%\n\\end{footnote}.\n') in result
+    assert '\\end{sphinxVerbatim}\n%\n\\end{footnote}.\n' in result
     assert '\\begin{sphinxVerbatim}[commandchars=\\\\\\{\\}]' in result