diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/legacyrepository_test.py b/src/borg/testsuite/legacyrepository_test.py
index c575e1e5e..ca431b2b1 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/legacyrepository_test.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/legacyrepository_test.py
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ def test_remote_rpc_exception_transport(remote_repository):
             remote_repository.call("inject_exception", {"kind": "divide"})
         except LegacyRemoteRepository.RPCError as e:
             assert e.unpacked
-            assert e.get_message() == "ZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo by zero\n"
+            assert e.get_message().startswith("ZeroDivisionError:")
             assert e.exception_class == "ZeroDivisionError"
             assert len(e.exception_full) > 0
 
diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/repository_test.py b/src/borg/testsuite/repository_test.py
index aaee455e5..7e2e14085 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/repository_test.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/repository_test.py
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ def test_remote_rpc_exception_transport(remote_repository):
             remote_repository.call("inject_exception", {"kind": "divide"})
         except RemoteRepository.RPCError as e:
             assert e.unpacked
-            assert e.get_message() == "ZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo by zero\n"
+            assert e.get_message().startswith("ZeroDivisionError:")
             assert e.exception_class == "ZeroDivisionError"
             assert len(e.exception_full) > 0