diff --git a/test/htools-balancing.test b/test/htools-balancing.test
index 5647cb55040e46cb614d1f4cc048931e50b8496a..6c38d85e6d6eb49bf00d106573fba35d3946973f 100644
--- a/test/htools-balancing.test
+++ b/test/htools-balancing.test
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ diff -u $T/simu-rebal-merged.standard $T/simu-rebal.standard.original
 
 # hcheck sees no reason to rebalance after rebalancing was already done
 ./test/hcheck -t$T/simu-rebal.standard.balanced --machine-readable
->>>1 /HCHECK_INIT_CLUSTER_NEED_REBALANCE=0/
+>>> /HCHECK_INIT_CLUSTER_NEED_REBALANCE=0/
 >>>= 0
 
 ### now tiered tests
diff --git a/test/htools-multi-group.test b/test/htools-multi-group.test
index 2f6ec7213b0c34ab735bb77f3fd07bcb347b28d2..12d8a0138ff1d61deb0f325fe86a9a14a54b62ef 100644
--- a/test/htools-multi-group.test
+++ b/test/htools-multi-group.test
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@
 
 # hcheck should be able to run with multiple groups
 ./test/hcheck -t$T/simu-twogroups.tiered --machine-readable
->>>1 /HCHECK_OK=1/
+>>> /HCHECK_OK=1/
 >>>= 0
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diff --git a/test/htools-single-group.test b/test/htools-single-group.test
index 202926255f846ffd49f9335c302bcdd5c39a05ef..770da1e902debd21d1e920ab34176b5360764bbb 100644
--- a/test/htools-single-group.test
+++ b/test/htools-single-group.test
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@
 
 # hcheck should not find reason to rebalance
 ./test/hcheck -t$T/simu-onegroup.tiered --machine-readable
->>>1 /HCHECK_INIT_CLUSTER_NEED_REBALANCE=0/
+>>> /HCHECK_INIT_CLUSTER_NEED_REBALANCE=0/
 >>>= 0
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