diff --git a/libcxx/test/std/diagnostics/syserr/syserr.errcat/syserr.errcat.objects/generic_category.pass.cpp b/libcxx/test/std/diagnostics/syserr/syserr.errcat/syserr.errcat.objects/generic_category.pass.cpp
index f04427381cbbb7..22b12be544339c 100644
--- a/libcxx/test/std/diagnostics/syserr/syserr.errcat/syserr.errcat.objects/generic_category.pass.cpp
+++ b/libcxx/test/std/diagnostics/syserr/syserr.errcat/syserr.errcat.objects/generic_category.pass.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ void test_message_for_bad_value() {
     errno = E2BIG; // something that message will never generate
     const std::error_category& e_cat1 = std::generic_category();
     const std::string msg = e_cat1.message(-1);
-    LIBCPP_ASSERT(msg == "Unknown error -1" || msg == "Unknown error");
+    // Exact message format varies by platform.
+    LIBCPP_ASSERT(msg.starts_with("Unknown error"));
     assert(errno == E2BIG);
 }
 
diff --git a/libcxx/test/std/diagnostics/syserr/syserr.errcat/syserr.errcat.objects/system_category.pass.cpp b/libcxx/test/std/diagnostics/syserr/syserr.errcat/syserr.errcat.objects/system_category.pass.cpp
index 8374c8766b2eaa..8aae803d322fe9 100644
--- a/libcxx/test/std/diagnostics/syserr/syserr.errcat/syserr.errcat.objects/system_category.pass.cpp
+++ b/libcxx/test/std/diagnostics/syserr/syserr.errcat/syserr.errcat.objects/system_category.pass.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ void test_message_for_bad_value() {
     errno = E2BIG; // something that message will never generate
     const std::error_category& e_cat1 = std::system_category();
     const std::string msg = e_cat1.message(-1);
-    LIBCPP_ASSERT(msg == "Unknown error -1" || msg == "Unknown error");
+    // Exact message format varies by platform.
+    LIBCPP_ASSERT(msg.starts_with("Unknown error"));
     assert(errno == E2BIG);
 }