diff --git a/tests/font.test b/tests/font.test
index 27ebf315e..b47701808 100644
--- a/tests/font.test
+++ b/tests/font.test
@@ -2349,7 +2349,7 @@ puts "font actual {times -12}: [font actual {times -12}]"
 puts "oldsize: $oldsize"
     tk scaling 0.5
 puts "font actual {times -12}: [font actual {times -12}]"
-    expr {abs(round([font actual {times -12} -size] / $oldscale * 0.5) - round($oldsize)) == 0}
+    expr {round([font actual {times -12} -size] / $oldscale * 0.5) - round($oldsize) == 0}
 } -cleanup {
     tk scaling $oldscale
 } -result 1