diff --git a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
index 2044340b7fd..ad666314e61 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
@@ -172,11 +172,7 @@ class TestShutil(unittest.TestCase):
         filename = os.path.join(tmpdir, "tstfile")
         with self.assertRaises(NotADirectoryError) as cm:
             shutil.rmtree(filename)
-        if os.name == 'nt':
-            rm_name = os.path.join(filename, '*.*')
-        else:
-            rm_name = filename
-        self.assertEqual(cm.exception.filename, rm_name)
+        self.assertEqual(cm.exception.filename, filename)
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(filename))
         # test that ignore_errors option is honored
         shutil.rmtree(filename, ignore_errors=True)