diff --git a/tests/base.py b/tests/base.py
index a992dd81..de88ee4b 100644
--- a/tests/base.py
+++ b/tests/base.py
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ def add_files(self, use_hpss, zstash_path, keep=False, cache=None):
             expected_present = ["Transferring file to HPSS"]
         else:
             expected_present = ["put: HPSS is unavailable"]
-        expected_present += ["INFO: Creating new tar archive"]
+        expected_present += ["Creating new tar archive"]
         # Make sure none of the old files or directories are moved.
         expected_absent = ["ERROR", "file0", "file_empty", "empty_dir"]
         self.check_strings(cmd, output + err, expected_present, expected_absent)