t/nntpd.t | 4 ++--

diff --git a/t/nntpd.t b/t/nntpd.t
index e4c0244d461cbe2ce35a50e28faad23d9038dd16..8a721e2098eb5556a8022fa1f22d4b3afb2304cb 100644
--- a/t/nntpd.t
+++ b/t/nntpd.t
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ 		$buf = '';
 		syswrite($s, "HDR $k $mid\r\n");
 		do {
 			sysread($s, $buf, 4096, length($buf));
-		} until ($buf =~ /^[^2]../ || $buf =~ /\r\n\.\r\n\z/);
+		} until ($buf =~ /\r\n\.\r\n\z/);
 		my @r = split("\r\n", $buf);
 		like($r[0], qr/\A224 /, '224 response for HDR');
 		is($r[1], "0 $v", 'got expected response for HDR');
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ 		syswrite($s, "OVER $mid\r\n");
 		$buf = '';
 		do {
 			sysread($s, $buf, 4096, length($buf));
-		} until ($buf =~ /^[^2]../ || $buf =~ /\r\n\.\r\n\z/);
+		} until ($buf =~ /\r\n\.\r\n\z/);
 		my @r = split("\r\n", $buf);
 		like($r[0], qr/^224 /, 'got 224 response for OVER');
 		is($r[1], "0\thihi\tMe <me\@example.com>\t" .