diff --git a/src/test/ui/parser/char/whitespace-character-literal.stderr b/src/test/ui/parser/char/whitespace-character-literal.stderr
index aa4fe4cf01f..d73de41a809 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/parser/char/whitespace-character-literal.stderr
+++ b/src/test/ui/parser/char/whitespace-character-literal.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-['x']
 error: character literal may only contain one codepoint
   --> $DIR/whitespace-character-literal.rs:5:30
    |