diff --git a/tests/test-dirs/cache-time.t b/tests/test-dirs/cache-time.t
index 8a050eb2fe..4ec1bd3c65 100644
--- a/tests/test-dirs/cache-time.t
+++ b/tests/test-dirs/cache-time.t
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ When cache time is set to large value, we keep the cache
   $ $MERLIN server errors -log-file merlin_logs -cache-time 45 \
   > -filename main.ml 1> /dev/null <main.ml
   $ cat merlin_logs | grep -A1 "# 0.01 File_cache(Cmi_cache) - flush" \
-  > | tail -1 | awk '{print $1;}'
+  > | tail -1 | sed 's/\ ".*\"//'
   keeping
 
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ When cache time is set to 0, file cache gets flushed
   $ $MERLIN server errors -log-file merlin_logs -cache-time 0 \
   > -filename main.ml 1> /dev/null <main.ml
   $ cat merlin_logs | grep -A1 "# 0.01 File_cache(Cmi_cache) - flush" \
-  > | tail -1 | awk '{print $1;}'
+  > | tail -1 | sed 's/\ ".*\"//'
   removing
 
 Stop server