@@ -899,9 +899,6 @@ def test_object_in_multiparam_exception():
     c = e.__cause__
     assert c.GetType().FullName == 'System.AggregateException'
     assert len(c.InnerExceptions) == 2
-    message = 'One or more errors occurred.'
-    s = str(c)
-    assert s[0:len(message)] == message
 
 def test_case_sensitive():
     """Test that case-sensitivity is respected. GH#81"""
 
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import sys
 from subprocess import check_output
+from ast import literal_eval
 
 
 def test_sys_argv_state(filepath):
@@ -11,5 +12,5 @@ def test_sys_argv_state(filepath):
 
     script = filepath("argv-fixture.py")
     out = check_output([sys.executable, script, "foo", "bar"])
-    assert b"foo" in out
-    assert b"bar" in out
+    out = literal_eval(out.decode("ascii"))
+    assert out[-2:] == ["foo", "bar"]