diff --git a/tests/neg-custom-args/sourcepath2/hi/A.check b/tests/neg-custom-args/sourcepath2/hi/A.check
index 1fac6b1147ef..61d4798a34e7 100644
--- a/tests/neg-custom-args/sourcepath2/hi/A.check
+++ b/tests/neg-custom-args/sourcepath2/hi/A.check
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
--- Warning: tests/neg-custom-args/sourcepath2/hi/A.scala:3:6 -----------------------------------------------------------
-3 |class Hello { // warn
+-- Error: tests/neg-custom-args/sourcepath2/hi/A.scala:3:6 -------------------------------------------------------------
+3 |class Hello { // error
   |      ^
   |      class Hello is in the wrong directory.
   |      It was declared to be in package <empty>
   |      But it is found in directory     hi
-No warnings can be incurred under -Werror.
diff --git a/tests/neg-custom-args/sourcepath2/hi/A.scala b/tests/neg-custom-args/sourcepath2/hi/A.scala
index 039910e55ce7..c332f2494e15 100644
--- a/tests/neg-custom-args/sourcepath2/hi/A.scala
+++ b/tests/neg-custom-args/sourcepath2/hi/A.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // Missing `package hi`
 
-class Hello { // warn
+class Hello { // error
   val x: Int = 1
 }
-// nopos-error: werror
\ No newline at end of file