diff --git a/bob/extension/test_click_helper.py b/bob/extension/test_click_helper.py
index 2cf8925127283101ce0b8b1a908e0d4b58adabf4..7a40549fcf39d17605cd46a87c325945cd7d4b5d 100644
--- a/bob/extension/test_click_helper.py
+++ b/bob/extension/test_click_helper.py
@@ -191,11 +191,15 @@ def _assert_config_dump(ref, ref_date):
     # open(ref, 'wt').write(open('TEST_CONF').read())
     with open("TEST_CONF", "r") as f, open(ref, "r") as f2:
         text = f.read()
-        ref_text = f2.read().replace(ref_date, today)
-        # remove the starting whitespace of each line so the tests are more relaxed
-        text = "\n".join(line.lstrip() for line in text.splitlines())
-        ref_text = "\n".join(line.lstrip() for line in ref_text.splitlines())
-        assert text == ref_text
+        ref_text = f2.read()
+    ref_text = ref_text.replace(ref_date, today)
+    # remove the starting and final whitespace of each line so the tests are more relaxed
+    text = "\n".join(line.strip() for line in text.splitlines())
+    ref_text = "\n".join(line.strip() for line in ref_text.splitlines())
+    # replace ''' with """ so tests are more relaxed
+    text = text.replace("'''", '"""')
+    ref_text = ref_text.replace("'''", '"""')
+    assert text == ref_text
 
 
 def test_config_dump():