diff --git a/services/coverity/coverity-scan.tester.js b/services/coverity/coverity-scan.tester.js
index e5b1c21e4e..93247dc1d3 100644
--- a/services/coverity/coverity-scan.tester.js
+++ b/services/coverity/coverity-scan.tester.js
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ t.create('known project id')
 
 t.create('unknown project id')
   .get('/abc.json')
-  // Coverity actually returns an HTTP 200 status with an HTML page when the project is not found.
-  .expectBadge({ label: 'coverity', message: 'unparseable json response' })
+  .expectBadge({ label: 'coverity', message: 'project not found' })
 
 t.create('404 response')
   .get('/1.json')