diff --git a/nixos/tests/networking.nix b/nixos/tests/networking.nix
index 0a6507d2dc8..5c4aa5c38e1 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/networking.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/networking.nix
@@ -602,17 +602,17 @@ let
       };
 
       testScript = ''
-        targetIPv4Table = """
-        10.0.0.0/16 proto static scope link mtu 1500 
-        192.168.1.0/24 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.2 
-        192.168.2.0/24 via 192.168.1.1 proto static 
-        """.strip()
+        targetIPv4Table = [
+            "10.0.0.0/16 proto static scope link mtu 1500",
+            "192.168.1.0/24 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.2",
+            "192.168.2.0/24 via 192.168.1.1 proto static",
+        ]
 
-        targetIPv6Table = """
-        2001:1470:fffd:2097::/64 proto kernel metric 256 pref medium
-        2001:1470:fffd:2098::/64 via fdfd:b3f0::1 proto static metric 1024 pref medium
-        fdfd:b3f0::/48 proto static metric 1024 pref medium
-        """.strip()
+        targetIPv6Table = [
+            "2001:1470:fffd:2097::/64 proto kernel metric 256 pref medium",
+            "2001:1470:fffd:2098::/64 via fdfd:b3f0::1 proto static metric 1024 pref medium",
+            "fdfd:b3f0::/48 proto static metric 1024 pref medium",
+        ]
 
         machine.start()
         machine.wait_for_unit("network.target")
@@ -620,9 +620,9 @@ let
         with subtest("test routing tables"):
             ipv4Table = machine.succeed("ip -4 route list dev eth0 | head -n3").strip()
             ipv6Table = machine.succeed("ip -6 route list dev eth0 | head -n3").strip()
-            assert (
-                ipv4Table == targetIPv4Table
-            ), """
+            assert [
+                l.strip() for l in ipv4Table.splitlines()
+            ] == targetIPv4Table, """
               The IPv4 routing table does not match the expected one:
                 Result:
                   {}
@@ -631,9 +631,9 @@ let
               """.format(
                 ipv4Table, targetIPv4Table
             )
-            assert (
-                ipv6Table == targetIPv6Table
-            ), """
+            assert [
+                l.strip() for l in ipv6Table.splitlines()
+            ] == targetIPv6Table, """
               The IPv6 routing table does not match the expected one:
                 Result:
                   {}