diff --git a/tests/csync_tests/check_csync_exclude.c b/tests/csync_tests/check_csync_exclude.c
index 1e0923e9bf..ee5913fdb6 100644
--- a/tests/csync_tests/check_csync_exclude.c
+++ b/tests/csync_tests/check_csync_exclude.c
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ END_TEST
 START_TEST (check_csync_exclude_load)
 {
   fail_unless(csync_exclude_load(csync, SYSCONFDIR "/config/" CSYNC_EXCLUDE_FILE) == 0, NULL);
-  fail_unless(strcmp(csync->excludes->vector[0], (const char *) "/home/*/.kde?/cache-*") == 0, NULL);
+  fail_unless(strcmp(csync->excludes->vector[0], (const char *) ".kde*/cache-*") == 0, NULL);
 }
 END_TEST
 
 START_TEST (check_csync_excluded)
 {
-  fail_unless(csync_excluded(csync, "/home/user/.kde4/cache-maximegalon/") == 1, NULL);
-  fail_unless(csync_excluded(csync, "/home/user/.mozilla/plugins/foo.so") == 1, NULL);
+  fail_unless(csync_excluded(csync, ".kde4/cache-maximegalon/") == 1, NULL);
+  fail_unless(csync_excluded(csync, ".mozilla/plugins/foo.so") == 1, NULL);
 }
 END_TEST