diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_pp_circdef_bad.out b/test_regress/t/t_pp_circdef_bad.out
deleted file mode 100644
index 867858a16..000000000
--- a/test_regress/t/t_pp_circdef_bad.out
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-%Error: t/t_pp_circdef_bad.v:14:21985: Recursive `define or other nested inclusion
-%Error: t/t_pp_circdef_bad.v:14:3009: syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting TYPE-IDENTIFIER
-%Error: Exiting due to
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_pp_circdef_bad.pl b/test_regress/t/t_pp_circdef_bad.pl
index a5846c699..98a317817 100755
--- a/test_regress/t/t_pp_circdef_bad.pl
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_pp_circdef_bad.pl
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ scenarios(vlt => 1);
 
 lint(
     fails => 1,
-    expect_filename => $Self->{golden_filename},
+    # EOF result varies with Bison version, so can't use .out
+    expect => qr/define or other nested inclusion/,
     );
 
 ok(1);