diff --git a/tests/thread/thread_exc2.py.exp b/tests/thread/thread_exc2.py.exp
index 584bfab4de..cc7a20aa26 100644
--- a/tests/thread/thread_exc2.py.exp
+++ b/tests/thread/thread_exc2.py.exp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Unhandled exception in thread started by <function thread_entry at 0x\[0-9a-f\]\+>
 Traceback (most recent call last):
-  File "thread/thread_exc2.py", line 6, in thread_entry
+  File \.\+, line 6, in thread_entry
 ValueError: 
 done