diff --git a/tests/data/test400 b/tests/data/test400
index 75d59791e..e808b42bf 100644
--- a/tests/data/test400
+++ b/tests/data/test400
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ LIST
 <reply>
 # When doing LIST, we get the default list output hard-coded in the test
 # FTPS server
-<datacheck>
+<datacheck mode="text">
 total 20
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 drwxr-xr-x   8 98       98           512 Oct 22 13:06 ..
diff --git a/tests/data/test403 b/tests/data/test403
index 2b8ff5e29..1bacf7c4d 100644
--- a/tests/data/test403
+++ b/tests/data/test403
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ FAILURE
 <reply>
 # When doing LIST, we get the default list output hard-coded in the test
 # FTPS server
-<datacheck>
+<datacheck mode="text">
 total 20
 drwxr-xr-x   8 98       98           512 Oct 22 13:06 .
 drwxr-xr-x   8 98       98           512 Oct 22 13:06 ..
diff --git a/tests/data/test406 b/tests/data/test406
index 3259bc6ae..9dcf9cd56 100644
--- a/tests/data/test406
+++ b/tests/data/test406
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ LIST
 <reply>
 # When doing LIST, we get the default list output hard-coded in the test
 # FTPS server
-<datacheck>
+<datacheck mode="text">
 total 20
 drwxr-xr-x   8 98       98           512 Oct 22 13:06 .
 drwxr-xr-x   8 98       98           512 Oct 22 13:06 ..