diff --git a/tests/system/suite_SCOM/tst_SCOM04/test.py b/tests/system/suite_SCOM/tst_SCOM04/test.py
index 038c8a7a2e6..6351f4216e6 100644
--- a/tests/system/suite_SCOM/tst_SCOM04/test.py
+++ b/tests/system/suite_SCOM/tst_SCOM04/test.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ source("../../shared/suites_qtta.py")
 def main():
     # expected error texts - for different compilers
     expectedErrorAlternatives = ["'SyntaxError' was not declared in this scope",
-                                 "\xe2\x80\x98SyntaxError\xe2\x80\x99 was not declared in this scope",
+                                 u"\u2018SyntaxError\u2019 was not declared in this scope",
                                  "'SyntaxError' : undeclared identifier", # MSVC2013
                                  "'SyntaxError': undeclared identifier", # MSVC2015
                                  "use of undeclared identifier 'SyntaxError'",