diff --git a/tests/reftests/lock.test b/tests/reftests/lock.test
index e8ff5903f86..37243ebdd5b 100644
--- a/tests/reftests/lock.test
+++ b/tests/reftests/lock.test
@@ -386,7 +386,6 @@ Done.
 opam-version: "2.0"
 name: "silver"
 depends: "foo"
-### : Make sure silver isn't pinned twice
 ### opam pin -n old
 Package silver does not exist, create as a NEW package? [Y/n] y
 silver is now pinned to file://${BASEDIR}/old (version dev)
diff --git a/tests/reftests/pin.test b/tests/reftests/pin.test
index 5362b012c23..5a6b83269ab 100644
--- a/tests/reftests/pin.test
+++ b/tests/reftests/pin.test
@@ -942,8 +942,5 @@ url.src: "git+file://${BASEDIR}/vcs-local#master"
 opam-version: "2.0"
 name: "double"
 ### opam pin -n double
-This will pin the following packages: double, double. Continue? [Y/n] y
 Package double does not exist, create as a NEW package? [Y/n] y
 double is now pinned to file://${BASEDIR}/double (version dev)
-[NOTE] Package double is already pinned to file://${BASEDIR}/double (version dev).
-double is now pinned to file://${BASEDIR}/double (version dev)