diff --git a/test/unit/helpers/application_helper_test.rb b/test/unit/helpers/application_helper_test.rb
index 0beffec49..c87210155 100644
--- a/test/unit/helpers/application_helper_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/helpers/application_helper_test.rb
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ EXPECTED
 RAW
 
     expected = <<-EXPECTED
-<pre><code class="ruby syntaxhl"><span class=\"CodeRay\"><span class="line-numbers">1</span> <span class="comment"># Some ruby code here</span></span>
+<pre><code class="ruby syntaxhl"><span class=\"CodeRay\"><span class="line-numbers">1</span><span class="comment"># Some ruby code here</span></span>
 </code></pre>
 EXPECTED