diff --git a/test/mechanicaldiff.bats b/test/mechanicaldiff.bats
index 0f6358c..82c7ea1 100755
--- a/test/mechanicaldiff.bats
+++ b/test/mechanicaldiff.bats
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ setup() {
     -e '/^index /d' \
     "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/diff_expected")"
   output_normalized="$(printf '%s\n' "$output" | recountdiff | sed -e '/^index /d')"
-  assert_equal "$expected" "$output_normalized"
+  assert_equal "$output_normalized" "$expected"
 }
 
 @test "keeps matching change with an extra added line" {
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ setup() {
     -e '/^index /d' \
     "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/diff_expected")"
   output_normalized="$(printf '%s\n' "$output" | recountdiff | sed -e '/^index /d')"
-  assert_equal "$expected" "$output_normalized"
+  assert_equal "$output_normalized" "$expected"
 }
 
 @test "ignores leading and trailing blank lines for comparison" {
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ setup() {
     -e '/^index /d' \
     "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/diff_expected")"
   output_normalized="$(printf '%s\n' "$output" | sed -e '/^index /d')"
-  assert_equal "$expected" "$output_normalized"
+  assert_equal "$output_normalized" "$expected"
 }
 
 @test "drops hunk when all pairs become context" {