diff --git a/t/t5551-http-fetch.sh b/t/t5551-http-fetch.sh
index 287d22b510..8196af19f6 100755
--- a/t/t5551-http-fetch.sh
+++ b/t/t5551-http-fetch.sh
@@ -191,9 +191,6 @@ cat >cookies.txt <<EOF
 127.0.0.1	FALSE	/smart_cookies/	FALSE	0	othername	othervalue
 EOF
 cat >expect_cookies.txt <<EOF
-# Netscape HTTP Cookie File
-# http://curl.haxx.se/docs/http-cookies.html
-# This file was generated by libcurl! Edit at your own risk.
 
 127.0.0.1	FALSE	/smart_cookies/	FALSE	0	othername	othervalue
 127.0.0.1	FALSE	/smart_cookies/repo.git/info/	FALSE	0	name	value
@@ -202,7 +199,8 @@ test_expect_success 'cookies stored in http.cookiefile when http.savecookies set
 	git config http.cookiefile cookies.txt &&
 	git config http.savecookies true &&
 	git ls-remote $HTTPD_URL/smart_cookies/repo.git master &&
-	test_cmp expect_cookies.txt cookies.txt
+	tail -3 cookies.txt > cookies_tail.txt
+	test_cmp expect_cookies.txt cookies_tail.txt
 '
 
 test -n "$GIT_TEST_LONG" && test_set_prereq EXPENSIVE