diff --git a/main-settings/src/test/scala/sbt/SlashSyntaxSpec.scala b/main-settings/src/test/scala/sbt/SlashSyntaxSpec.scala
index 473d288a6..c4b13b27b 100644
--- a/main-settings/src/test/scala/sbt/SlashSyntaxSpec.scala
+++ b/main-settings/src/test/scala/sbt/SlashSyntaxSpec.scala
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ object CustomEquality {
     }
   }
 
-  def expectValue[A: Eq](expected: A)(x: A) =  x.toString |: (expected =? x)
+  def expectValue[A: Eq](expected: A)(x: A) =  expected =? x
 }
 import CustomEquality._