diff --git a/packages/calcite-components/src/tests/commonTests/themed.ts b/packages/calcite-components/src/tests/commonTests/themed.ts
index 52e7d395f01..b494e7d4080 100644
--- a/packages/calcite-components/src/tests/commonTests/themed.ts
+++ b/packages/calcite-components/src/tests/commonTests/themed.ts
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ async function assertThemedProps(page: E2EPage, options: TestTarget): Promise<vo
   const isLinearGradientUnderlineToken = token.includes("link-underline-color") && targetProp === "backgroundImage";
 
   if (isFakeBorderColorToken || isLinearGradientUnderlineToken) {
-    expect(getStyleString(token, targetProp, styles[targetProp])).toMatch(expectedValue);
+    expect(styles[targetProp]).toContain(expectedValue);
     return;
   }