diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-hook-codemeta-description-updated.R b/tests/testthat/test-hook-codemeta-description-updated.R
index bf1e5828e..d3b86fb9a 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-hook-codemeta-description-updated.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-hook-codemeta-description-updated.R
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ run_test("codemeta-description-update",
   file_name = c("codemeta.json"),
   suffix = "",
   std_out = "No `DESCRIPTION` found in repository.",
-  std_err = "",
   expect_success = FALSE,
   read_only = TRUE,
 )
@@ -11,20 +10,16 @@ run_test("codemeta-description-update",
   file_name = c("DESCRIPTION"),
   suffix = "",
   std_out = "No `codemeta.json` found in repository.",
-  std_err = "",
-  # voluntary
   expect_success = FALSE,
   read_only = TRUE
 )
 
-
 # outdated
 run_test("codemeta-description-update",
   file_name = c("DESCRIPTION", "codemeta.json"),
   suffix = "",
-  std_err = "",
-  expect_success = FALSE,
   std_out = "out of date",
+  expect_success = FALSE,
   file_transformer = function(files) {
     if (length(files) > 1) {
       # transformer is called once on all files and once per file
@@ -33,7 +28,7 @@ run_test("codemeta-description-update",
       writeLines(content_2, files[1])
     }
     files
-  }
+  },
 )
 
 # succeed
@@ -48,7 +43,9 @@ run_test("codemeta-description-update",
       writeLines(content_2, files[2])
     }
     files
-  }
+  },
+  expect_success = TRUE,
+  read_only = TRUE
 )
 
 if (!on_cran()) {
@@ -68,7 +65,9 @@ if (!on_cran()) {
         writeLines(content_2, files[2])
       }
       files
-    }
+    },
+    expect_success = TRUE,
+    read_only = TRUE
   )
 
   # # fail in wrong root
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ if (!on_cran()) {
       "rpkg2/codemeta.json" = "README.md"
     ),
     cmd_args = "--root=rpkg2",
-    std_err = "No `DESCRIPTION` found in repository.",
+    std_out = "No `DESCRIPTION` found in repository.",
     suffix = "",
     file_transformer = function(files) {
       if (length(files) > 1) {
@@ -89,6 +88,8 @@ if (!on_cran()) {
         writeLines(content_2, files[2])
       }
       files
-    }
+    },
+    expect_success = FALSE,
+    read_only = TRUE
   )
 }