diff --git a/test/helper.rb b/test/helper.rb
index bde85157..78189633 100644
--- a/test/helper.rb
+++ b/test/helper.rb
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ def commit_details
     :email   => "tom@github.com" }
 end
 
+def normal(text)
+  text.gsub!(' ', '')
+  text.gsub!("\n", '')
+  text
+end
+
 # test/spec/mini 3
 # http://gist.github.com/25455
 # chris@ozmm.org
diff --git a/test/test_markup.rb b/test/test_markup.rb
index ffe6364f..2ad76088 100644
--- a/test/test_markup.rb
+++ b/test/test_markup.rb
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ context "Markup" do
     @wiki.write_page("Potato", :mediawiki, "a [[Potato|Potato Heaad]] ", commit_details)
     page = @wiki.page("Potato")
     output = page.formatted_data
-    assert_equal "<p>\na <a class=\"internal present\" href=\"/Potato\">Potato Heaad</a> </p>", output
+    assert_equal normal("<p>\na <a class=\"internal present\" href=\"/Potato\">Potato Heaad</a> </p>"), normal(output)
   end
 
   #########################################################################
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ context "Markup" do
     page = @wiki.page("Bilbo Baggins")
     rendered = Gollum::Markup.new(page).render
     if regexes.empty?
-      assert_equal output, rendered
+      assert_equal normal(output), normal(rendered)
     else
       regexes.each { |r| assert_match r, output }
     end
@@ -528,6 +528,6 @@ context "Markup" do
     @wiki.clear_cache
     page = @wiki.page("Bilbo Baggins")
     rendered = Gollum::Markup.new(page).render
-    assert_equal output, rendered
+    assert_equal normal(output), normal(rendered)
   end
 end