diff --git a/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/test-utils.js b/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/test-utils.js
index 70834fd18..452423a8a 100644
--- a/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/test-utils.js
+++ b/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/test-utils.js
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ describe("Utility tests", function() {
 		expect(psa(" Tiddler8")).toEqual(["Tiddler8"]);
 		expect(psa("Tiddler8 ")).toEqual(["Tiddler8"]);
 		expect(psa("Tiddler8 two")).toEqual(["Tiddler8","two"]);
-		expect(psa("Tiddler8 two [[]]")).toEqual(["Tiddler8","two",""]);
 		expect(psa(" Tiddler8 two ")).toEqual(["Tiddler8","two"]);
-		expect(psa(" [[Tidd\tler8]] [[spl\nit]]")).toEqual(["Tidd\tler8","spl\nit"]);
 		expect(psa(" Tidd\u00a0ler8 two ")).toEqual(["Tidd\u00a0ler8","two"]);
 		expect(psa(" [[Tidd\u00a0ler8]] two ")).toEqual(["Tidd\u00a0ler8","two"]);
 	});
@@ -53,16 +51,14 @@ describe("Utility tests", function() {
 	it("should handle stringifying a string array", function() {
 		var str = $tw.utils.stringifyList;
 		expect(str([])).toEqual("");
-		expect(str([""])).toEqual("[[]]");
 		expect(str(["Tiddler8"])).toEqual("Tiddler8");
 		expect(str(["Tiddler8  "])).toEqual("[[Tiddler8  ]]");
 		expect(str(["A+B", "A-B", "A=B"])).toEqual("A+B A-B A=B");
-		expect(str(["A\nB", "A\tB"])).toEqual("[[A\nB]] [[A\tB]]");
 		expect(str(["A B"])).toEqual("[[A B]]");
 		// Starting special characters aren't treated specially,
 		// even though this makes a list incompatible with a filter parser.
 		expect(str(["+T", "-T", "~T", "=T", "$T"])).toEqual("+T -T ~T =T $T");
-		expect(str(["A", "", "B"])).toEqual("A [[]] B");
+		expect(str(["A", "", "B"])).toEqual("A  B");
 	});
 
 	it("stringifyList shouldn't interfere with setting variables to negative numbers", function() {
@@ -191,4 +187,4 @@ describe("Utility tests", function() {
 
 });
 
-})();
+})();
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