diff --git a/tests/functional/search_test.php b/tests/functional/search_test.php
index ac3cf4503c..9cb2eff045 100644
--- a/tests/functional/search_test.php
+++ b/tests/functional/search_test.php
@@ -38,15 +38,13 @@ class phpbb_functional_search_test extends phpbb_functional_test_case
 	public function search_found()
 	{
 		$crawler = self::request('GET', 'search.php?keywords=phpbb3');
-		$crawler->filter('.postbody')->text();
+		$this->assertGreaterThan(0, $crawler->filter('.postbody')->count());
 	}
 
 	public function search_not_found()
 	{
-		$this->add_lang('search');
 		$crawler = self::request('GET', 'search.php?keywords=loremipsumdedo');
-		$this->assertContains($this->lang('NO_SEARCH_RESULTS'), $crawler->text());	
-
+		$this->assertLessThan(1, $crawler->filter('.postbody')->count());
 	}
 
 	protected function search_backend_test($search_backend)