qa: Match full plain text by default

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/test/functional/feature_config_args.py b/test/functional/feature_config_args.py
index 6b1e473aa2..a1d22191af 100755
--- a/test/functional/feature_config_args.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_config_args.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 """Test various command line arguments and configuration file parameters."""
 
 import os
-import re
 
 from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
 
@@ -26,13 +25,13 @@ class ConfArgsTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
 
         # Check that using -datadir argument on non-existent directory fails
         self.nodes[0].datadir = new_data_dir
-        self.nodes[0].assert_start_raises_init_error(['-datadir=' + new_data_dir], 'Error: Specified data directory "' + re.escape(new_data_dir) + '" does not exist.')
+        self.nodes[0].assert_start_raises_init_error(['-datadir=' + new_data_dir], 'Error: Specified data directory "' + new_data_dir + '" does not exist.')
 
         # Check that using non-existent datadir in conf file fails
         conf_file = os.path.join(default_data_dir, "bitcoin.conf")
         with open(conf_file, 'a', encoding='utf8') as f:
             f.write("datadir=" + new_data_dir + "\n")
-        self.nodes[0].assert_start_raises_init_error(['-conf=' + conf_file], 'Error reading configuration file: specified data directory "' + re.escape(new_data_dir) + '" does not exist.')
+        self.nodes[0].assert_start_raises_init_error(['-conf=' + conf_file], 'Error reading configuration file: specified data directory "' + new_data_dir + '" does not exist.')
 
         # Create the directory and ensure the config file now works
         os.mkdir(new_data_dir)