diff --git a/tests/test_wrapperutils.py b/tests/test_wrapperutils.py
index d24c89fc55a57c097e972a4a6f4bfc7a5c9444e5..601e9f8ffa25a423d05ae26360708f11ad7eab88 100644
--- a/tests/test_wrapperutils.py
+++ b/tests/test_wrapperutils.py
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ def test_fslwrapper_submit():
 
         jid = test_func(1, 2, submit=True)
 
-        assert jid == ('12345',)
+        assert jid == '12345'
 
         stdout, stderr = fslsub.output('12345')
 
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ def test_fslwrapper_submit():
 
         jid = test_func(1, 2, submit=kwargs)
 
-        assert jid == ('12345',)
+        assert jid == '12345'
 
         stdout, stderr = fslsub.output('12345')