diff --git a/tests/add-blank-description-fails.test b/tests/add-blank-description-fails.test
index d6c528669..ef7332066 100644
--- a/tests/add-blank-description-fails.test
+++ b/tests/add-blank-description-fails.test
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@
 
 
 >>>2 /date .*: description: description:/
-
diff --git a/tests/null-accountname-component.test b/tests/null-accountname-component.test
index a963332e3..b6343ca2f 100644
--- a/tests/null-accountname-component.test
+++ b/tests/null-accountname-component.test
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@
 hledger: parse error at (line 1, column 4):
 unexpected " "
 accountname seems ill-formed: a:
->>>=
-1
+>>>= 1
diff --git a/tests/unbalanced.test b/tests/unbalanced.test
index b4cdc4c40..a677b0b45 100644
--- a/tests/unbalanced.test
+++ b/tests/unbalanced.test
@@ -13,5 +13,4 @@ could not balance this transaction, amounts do not add up to zero:
     c                                             -1
 
 
->>>=
-0
+>>>= 0