diff --git a/tests/lang/test_expressions.py b/tests/lang/test_expressions.py
index 1a5700e815aba20ef125ec2baae78788acdf8d4f..04c1c98ecd40841fb0ee47e883ff2308fa478bc7 100644
--- a/tests/lang/test_expressions.py
+++ b/tests/lang/test_expressions.py
@@ -117,4 +117,4 @@ def test_cppclass():
     assert unbound.get_dtype() == MyClass.template(T="bogus")
 
     ctor_expr = unbound.ctor(AugExpr(PsCustomType("bogus")).var("foo"))
-    assert str(ctor_expr) == r"mynamespace::MyClass< bogus >{foo}"
+    assert str(ctor_expr).strip() == r"mynamespace::MyClass< bogus >{foo}"