diff --git a/system/t09_repo/IncludeRepo3Test_gold b/system/t09_repo/IncludeRepo3Test_gold
index 96cda590c..d50438989 100644
--- a/system/t09_repo/IncludeRepo3Test_gold
+++ b/system/t09_repo/IncludeRepo3Test_gold
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ERROR: error parsing -repo template: template: repo:1: unexpected "}" in operand; missing space?
+ERROR: error parsing -repo template: template: repo:1: bad character U+007D '}'
diff --git a/system/t09_repo/include.py b/system/t09_repo/include.py
index 0abe383ca..9a96da89d 100644
--- a/system/t09_repo/include.py
+++ b/system/t09_repo/include.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import tempfile
-import shutil
-import os
 import inspect
+import os
 import re
+import shutil
+import tempfile
+
 from lib import BaseTest
 
 
@@ -68,9 +69,6 @@ class IncludeRepo3Test(BaseTest):
     runCmd = "aptly repo include -no-remove-files -keyring=${files}/aptly.pub -repo=my-{{.Distribution} ${changes}"
     expectedCode = 1
 
-    def outputMatchPrepare(_, s):
-        return s.replace('; missing space?', '')
-
 
 class IncludeRepo4Test(BaseTest):
     """