diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/actions/command-to-string/build.sbt b/sbt/src/sbt-test/actions/command-to-string/build.sbt
index 00aeb8a65..8dc3e9a93 100644
--- a/sbt/src/sbt-test/actions/command-to-string/build.sbt
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/actions/command-to-string/build.sbt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 commands += Command.command("noop") { s => s }
 
 TaskKey[Unit]("check") := {
-  assert(commands.value.toString() == "List(SimpleCommand(noop))",
-    s"""commands should display "List(SimpleCommand(noop))" but is ${commands.value}""")
+  assert(commands.value.toString().contains("SimpleCommand(noop)"),
+    s"""commands should contain "SimpleCommand(noop)" in ${commands.value}""")
 }