diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-cleanup.R b/tests/testthat/test-cleanup.R
index 845969f6..b8a3c612 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-cleanup.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-cleanup.R
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ test_that("can cleanup explicit things quite well", {
     names(status),
     c("name", "root", "path", "role", "status", "delete", "unknown"))
   expect_equal(status$name, "explicit")
-  expect_equal(status$root, root_open(path, FALSE, FALSE)$path)
+  expect_equal(normalise_path(status$root),
+               normalise_path(root_open(path, FALSE, FALSE)$path))
   expect_equal(normalise_path(status$path),
                normalise_path(file.path(status$root, "src", status$name)))
   paths <- c("data.csv", "mygraph.png", "orderly.R")
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-root.R b/tests/testthat/test-root.R
index 31b768ef..7a8e1115 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-root.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-root.R
@@ -121,9 +121,11 @@ test_that("can error with instructions if files are added to git", {
 
 test_that("can identify a plain source root", {
   info <- test_prepare_orderly_example_separate("explicit")
-  expect_equal(orderly_src_root(info$src, FALSE), normalizePath(info$src))
-  expect_equal(orderly_src_root(file.path(info$src, "src", "explicit"), TRUE),
-               normalizePath(info$src))
+  expect_equal(normalise_path(orderly_src_root(info$src, FALSE)),
+               normalise_path(info$src))
+  expect_equal(
+    orderly_src_root(file.path(info$src, "src", "explicit"), TRUE),
+    orderly_src_root(info$src, FALSE))
   expect_error(
     orderly_src_root(file.path(info$src, "src", "explicit"), FALSE),
     "Did not find existing orderly source root in")