diff --git a/tests/extmod/vfs_posix_paths.py b/tests/extmod/vfs_posix_paths.py
index b4fedc6716..c06318748a 100644
--- a/tests/extmod/vfs_posix_paths.py
+++ b/tests/extmod/vfs_posix_paths.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ fs.mkdir("subdir")
 fs.mkdir("subdir/one")
 print('listdir("/"):', sorted(i[0] for i in fs.ilistdir("/")))
 print('listdir("."):', sorted(i[0] for i in fs.ilistdir(".")))
-print('getcwd() in {"", "/"}:', fs.getcwd() in {"", "/"})
+print('getcwd() in ("", "/"):', fs.getcwd() in ("", "/"))
 print('chdir("subdir"):', fs.chdir("subdir"))
 print("getcwd():", fs.getcwd())
 print('mkdir("two"):', fs.mkdir("two"))
diff --git a/tests/extmod/vfs_posix_paths.py.exp b/tests/extmod/vfs_posix_paths.py.exp
index ecc13222aa..d6a0960efd 100644
--- a/tests/extmod/vfs_posix_paths.py.exp
+++ b/tests/extmod/vfs_posix_paths.py.exp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 listdir("/"): ['subdir']
 listdir("."): ['subdir']
-getcwd() in {"", "/"}: True
+getcwd() in ("", "/"): True
 chdir("subdir"): None
 getcwd(): /subdir
 mkdir("two"): None