diff --git a/test/units/parsing/utils/test_jsonify.py b/test/units/parsing/utils/test_jsonify.py
index f1cf36ad50..4de92b8bad 100644
--- a/test/units/parsing/utils/test_jsonify.py
+++ b/test/units/parsing/utils/test_jsonify.py
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ class TestJsonify(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(jsonify(dict(a=1, b=2, c=3)), '{"a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3}')
 
     def test_jsonify_simple_format(self):
-        self.assertEqual(jsonify(dict(a=1, b=2, c=3), format=True), '{\n    "a": 1, \n    "b": 2, \n    "c": 3\n}')
+        res = jsonify(dict(a=1, b=2, c=3), format=True)
+        cleaned = "".join([x.strip() for x in res.splitlines()])
+        self.assertEqual(cleaned, '{"a": 1,"b": 2,"c": 3}')
 
     def test_jsonify_unicode(self):
         self.assertEqual(jsonify(dict(toshio=u'くらとみ')), u'{"toshio": "くらとみ"}')