diff --git a/tests/checker/test_news.py b/tests/checker/test_news.py
index fbbae9d8..a5cc7d06 100644
--- a/tests/checker/test_news.py
+++ b/tests/checker/test_news.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from . import LinkCheckTest
 NNTP_SERVER = "news.uni-stuttgart.de"
 # info string returned by news server
 NNTP_INFO = (
-    "200 news.uni-stuttgart.de InterNetNews NNRP server " "INN 2.5.2 ready (no posting)"
+    "200 news.uni-stuttgart.de InterNetNews NNRP server INN 2.5.2 ready (no posting)"
 )
 # Most free NNTP servers are slow, so don't waist a lot of time running those.
 NNTP_TIMEOUT_SECS = 30
diff --git a/tests/test_url.py b/tests/test_url.py
index b060af99..fb5633a5 100644
--- a/tests/test_url.py
+++ b/tests/test_url.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class TestUrl(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_pathattack(self):
         # Windows winamp path attack prevention.
-        url = "http://server/..%5c..%5c..%5c..%5c..%5c..%5c..%5c.." "%5ccskin.zip"
+        url = "http://server/..%5c..%5c..%5c..%5c..%5c..%5c..%5c..%5ccskin.zip"
         nurl = "http://server/cskin.zip"
         self.assertEqual(
             linkcheck.url.url_quote(url_norm(url), encoding="iso-8859-1"), nurl
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class TestUrl(unittest.TestCase):
             "46F9BD%2540monmouth.com%26rnum%3D2"
         )
         self.urlnormtest(url, url)
-        url = "http://redirect.alexa.com/redirect?" "http://www.offeroptimizer.com"
+        url = "http://redirect.alexa.com/redirect?http://www.offeroptimizer.com"
         self.urlnormtest(url, url)
         url = "http://www.lesgensducinema.com/photo/Philippe%20Nahon.jpg"
         self.urlnormtest(url, url)