diff --git a/t/t1450-fsck.sh b/t/t1450-fsck.sh
index fdb886dfe4..f49f878fdc 100755
--- a/t/t1450-fsck.sh
+++ b/t/t1450-fsck.sh
@@ -989,10 +989,7 @@ test_expect_success 'fsck error and recovery on invalid object type' '
 
 		garbage_blob=$(git hash-object --stdin -w -t garbage --literally </dev/null) &&
 
-		cat >err.expect <<-\EOF &&
-		fatal: invalid object type
-		EOF
-		test_must_fail git fsck >out 2>err &&
+		test_must_fail git fsck 2>err &&
 		grep -e "^error" -e "^fatal" err >errors &&
 		test_line_count = 1 errors &&
 		grep "$garbage_blob: object is of unknown type '"'"'garbage'"'"':" err