diff --git a/src/net/url/url_test.go b/src/net/url/url_test.go
index 8779ee209d..84dba45c3c 100644
--- a/src/net/url/url_test.go
+++ b/src/net/url/url_test.go
@@ -2068,51 +2068,43 @@ func TestJoinPath(t *testing.T) {
 		base string
 		elem []string
 		out  string
-		err  bool
 	}{
 		{
 			base: "https://go.googlesource.com",
 			elem: []string{"go"},
 			out:  "https://go.googlesource.com/go",
-			err:  false,
 		},
 		{
 			base: "https://go.googlesource.com/a/b/c",
 			elem: []string{"../../../go"},
 			out:  "https://go.googlesource.com/go",
-			err:  false,
 		},
 		{
 			base: "https://go.googlesource.com/",
 			elem: []string{"./go"},
 			out:  "https://go.googlesource.com/go",
-			err:  false,
 		},
 		{
 			base: "https://go.googlesource.com//",
 			elem: []string{"/go"},
 			out:  "https://go.googlesource.com/go",
-			err:  false,
 		},
 		{
 			base: "https://go.googlesource.com//",
 			elem: []string{"/go", "a", "b", "c"},
 			out:  "https://go.googlesource.com/go/a/b/c",
-			err:  false,
 		},
 		{
 			base: "http://[fe80::1%en0]:8080/",
 			elem: []string{"/go"},
-			out:  "",
-			err:  true,
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
-		if out, err := JoinPath(tt.base, tt.elem...); out != tt.out || (err != nil) != tt.err {
-			wantErr := "nil"
-			if tt.err {
-				wantErr = "non-nil error"
-			}
+		wantErr := "nil"
+		if tt.out == "" {
+			wantErr = "non-nil error"
+		}
+		if out, err := JoinPath(tt.base, tt.elem...); out != tt.out || (err == nil) != (tt.out != "") {
 			t.Errorf("JoinPath(%q, %q) = %q, %v, want %q, %v", tt.base, tt.elem, out, err, tt.out, wantErr)
 		}
 		var out string
@@ -2121,11 +2113,7 @@ func TestJoinPath(t *testing.T) {
 			u = u.JoinPath(tt.elem...)
 			out = u.String()
 		}
-		if out != tt.out || (err != nil) != tt.err {
-			wantErr := "nil"
-			if tt.err {
-				wantErr = "non-nil error"
-			}
+		if out != tt.out || (err == nil) != (tt.out != "") {
 			t.Errorf("Parse(%q).JoinPath(%q) = %q, %v, want %q, %v", tt.base, tt.elem, out, err, tt.out, wantErr)
 		}
 	}