diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/test_race_install.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/test_race_install.txt
index d28809bfdc..8b1f343a32 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/test_race_install.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/test_race_install.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ go install -race -pkgdir=$WORKDIR/tmp/pkg std
 
 # Make sure go test -i -race doesn't rebuild cached packages
 go test -race -pkgdir=$WORKDIR/tmp/pkg -i -v empty/pkg
-! stderr .
+cmp stderr stderr.txt
 
 -- go.mod --
 module empty
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ module empty
 go 1.16
 -- pkg/pkg.go --
 package p
-
+-- stderr.txt --
+go test: -i flag is deprecated