diff --git a/tests/xmltester/tests/issue/issue-geos-990.xml b/tests/xmltester/tests/issue/issue-geos-990.xml
index ae70347c5a..466875d46a 100644
--- a/tests/xmltester/tests/issue/issue-geos-990.xml
+++ b/tests/xmltester/tests/issue/issue-geos-990.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Difference of two 3D geometries
 LINESTRING(0 0,0 10,10 10,10 0,0 0)
 </a>
 <b>
-GEOMETRYCOLLECTION Z (GEOMETRYCOLLECTION Z (MULTILINESTRING Z ((0 0 10,10 0 20),(10 0 20,10 10 30)),LINESTRING Z (0 10 20,10 10 30)),LINESTRING Z (0 0 10,0 10 20))'::geometry
+GEOMETRYCOLLECTION Z (GEOMETRYCOLLECTION Z (MULTILINESTRING Z ((0 0 10,10 0 20),(10 0 20,10 10 30)),LINESTRING Z (0 10 20,10 10 30)),LINESTRING Z (0 0 10,0 10 20))
 </b>
 <test>
 <op name="difference" arg1="A" arg2="B">