diff --git a/test/fixture.h b/test/fixture.h
index 5983ae66a3a..2d519f40f45 100644
--- a/test/fixture.h
+++ b/test/fixture.h
@@ -331,8 +331,7 @@ class TestInstance {
 #define ASSERT_EQUALS_ENUM_LOC( EXPECTED, ACTUAL, FILE_, LINE_ ) assertEqualsEnum(FILE_, LINE_, (EXPECTED), (ACTUAL))
 #define ASSERT_EQUALS_ENUM_LOC_MSG( EXPECTED, ACTUAL, MSG, FILE_, LINE_ ) assertEqualsEnum(FILE_, LINE_, (EXPECTED), (ACTUAL), MSG)
 #define TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS_ENUM( WANTED, CURRENT, ACTUAL ) todoAssertEqualsEnum(__FILE__, __LINE__, WANTED, CURRENT, ACTUAL)
-#define ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS( CMD, EXCEPTION, EXPECTED ) do { try { (void)(CMD); assertThrowFail(__FILE__, __LINE__); } catch (const EXCEPTION&e) { assertEquals(__FILE__, __LINE__, EXPECTED, e.errorMessage); } catch (...) { assertThrowFail(__FILE__, __LINE__); } } while (false)
-#define ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2( CMD, EXCEPTION, EXPECTED ) do { try { (void)(CMD); assertThrowFail(__FILE__, __LINE__); } catch (const AssertFailedError&) { throw; } catch (const EXCEPTION&e) { assertEquals(__FILE__, __LINE__, EXPECTED, e.what()); } catch (...) { assertThrowFail(__FILE__, __LINE__); } } while (false)
+#define ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS( CMD, EXCEPTION, EXPECTED ) do { try { (void)(CMD); assertThrowFail(__FILE__, __LINE__); } catch (const AssertFailedError&) { throw; } catch (const EXCEPTION&e) { assertEquals(__FILE__, __LINE__, EXPECTED, e.what()); } catch (...) { assertThrowFail(__FILE__, __LINE__); } } while (false)
 #define ASSERT_THROW_INTERNAL( CMD, TYPE ) do { try { (void)(CMD); assertThrowFail(__FILE__, __LINE__); } catch (const AssertFailedError&) { throw; } catch (const InternalError& e) { assertEqualsEnum(__FILE__, __LINE__, InternalError::TYPE, e.type); } catch (...) { assertThrowFail(__FILE__, __LINE__); } } while (false)
 #define ASSERT_THROW_INTERNAL_EQUALS( CMD, TYPE, EXPECTED ) do { try { (void)(CMD); assertThrowFail(__FILE__, __LINE__); } catch (const AssertFailedError&) { throw; } catch (const InternalError& e) { assertEqualsEnum(__FILE__, __LINE__, InternalError::TYPE, e.type); assertEquals(__FILE__, __LINE__, EXPECTED, e.errorMessage); } catch (...) { assertThrowFail(__FILE__, __LINE__); } } while (false)
 #define ASSERT_NO_THROW( CMD ) do { try { (void)(CMD); } catch (const AssertFailedError&) { throw; } catch (...) { assertNoThrowFail(__FILE__, __LINE__, true); } } while (false)
diff --git a/test/testpath.cpp b/test/testpath.cpp
index 7c181e28afb..5f4770f1cff 100644
--- a/test/testpath.cpp
+++ b/test/testpath.cpp
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ class TestPath : public TestFixture {
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
         // the underlying realpath() call only returns something if the path actually exists
-        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(Path::getAbsoluteFilePath("testabspath2.txt"), std::runtime_error, "path 'testabspath2.txt' does not exist");
+        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(Path::getAbsoluteFilePath("testabspath2.txt"), std::runtime_error, "path 'testabspath2.txt' does not exist");
 #else
         ASSERT_EQUALS(Path::toNativeSeparators(Path::join(cwd, "testabspath2.txt")), Path::getAbsoluteFilePath("testabspath2.txt"));
 #endif
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ class TestPath : public TestFixture {
 #endif
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
-        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(Path::getAbsoluteFilePath("C:\\path\\files.txt"), std::runtime_error, "path 'C:\\path\\files.txt' does not exist");
+        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(Path::getAbsoluteFilePath("C:\\path\\files.txt"), std::runtime_error, "path 'C:\\path\\files.txt' does not exist");
 #endif
 
         // TODO: test UNC paths
diff --git a/test/testpreprocessor.cpp b/test/testpreprocessor.cpp
index 53e2b2cf3f7..c53fed82e01 100644
--- a/test/testpreprocessor.cpp
+++ b/test/testpreprocessor.cpp
@@ -2866,7 +2866,7 @@ class TestPreprocessor : public TestFixture {
             std::vector<std::string> files;
             TokenList tokenlist{settingsDefault, Standards::Language::CPP};
             // TODO: can this happen from application code? if yes we need to turn it into a proper error
-            ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(preprocess(code, files, "test.cpp", tokenlist, dui), std::runtime_error, "unexpected simplecpp::Output type 9");
+            ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(preprocess(code, files, "test.cpp", tokenlist, dui), std::runtime_error, "unexpected simplecpp::Output type 9");
             ASSERT(!tokenlist.front()); // nothing is tokenized when an unknown standard is provided
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/testprogrammemory.cpp b/test/testprogrammemory.cpp
index a6cf933d843..6d7c185e80f 100644
--- a/test/testprogrammemory.cpp
+++ b/test/testprogrammemory.cpp
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ class TestProgramMemory : public TestFixture {
 
     void at() const {
         ProgramMemory pm;
-        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(pm.at(123), std::out_of_range, "ProgramMemory::at");
-        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(utils::as_const(pm).at(123), std::out_of_range, "ProgramMemory::at");
+        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(pm.at(123), std::out_of_range, "ProgramMemory::at");
+        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(utils::as_const(pm).at(123), std::out_of_range, "ProgramMemory::at");
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
index e106bb4ccd8..19c6fab336a 100644
--- a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
@@ -1872,11 +1872,11 @@ class TestSymbolDatabase : public TestFixture {
 
         // TODO: we should provide our own error message
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
-        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(db->getVariableFromVarId(3), std::out_of_range, "invalid vector subscript");
+        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(db->getVariableFromVarId(3), std::out_of_range, "invalid vector subscript");
 #elif !defined(_LIBCPP_VERSION)
-        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(db->getVariableFromVarId(3), std::out_of_range, "vector::_M_range_check: __n (which is 3) >= this->size() (which is 3)");
+        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(db->getVariableFromVarId(3), std::out_of_range, "vector::_M_range_check: __n (which is 3) >= this->size() (which is 3)");
 #else
-        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(db->getVariableFromVarId(3), std::out_of_range, "vector");
+        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(db->getVariableFromVarId(3), std::out_of_range, "vector");
 #endif
     }
 
diff --git a/test/testutils.cpp b/test/testutils.cpp
index 0aad2c447a1..2526591e11f 100644
--- a/test/testutils.cpp
+++ b/test/testutils.cpp
@@ -225,24 +225,24 @@ class TestUtils : public TestFixture {
         ASSERT_EQUALS(1, ::strToInt<int>("1"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS(-1, ::strToInt<int>("-1"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS(1, ::strToInt<std::size_t>("1"));
-        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(::strToInt<int>(""), std::runtime_error, "converting '' to integer failed - not an integer");
-        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(::strToInt<std::size_t>(""), std::runtime_error, "converting '' to integer failed - not an integer");
-        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(::strToInt<int>(" "), std::runtime_error, "converting ' ' to integer failed - not an integer");
-        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(::strToInt<std::size_t>(" "), std::runtime_error, "converting ' ' to integer failed - not an integer");
-        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(::strToInt<unsigned int>("-1"), std::runtime_error, "converting '-1' to integer failed - needs to be positive");
-        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(::strToInt<int>("1ms"), std::runtime_error, "converting '1ms' to integer failed - not an integer");
-        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(::strToInt<int>("1.0"), std::runtime_error, "converting '1.0' to integer failed - not an integer");
-        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(::strToInt<int>("one"), std::runtime_error, "converting 'one' to integer failed - not an integer");
-        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(::strToInt<unsigned int>("1ms"), std::runtime_error, "converting '1ms' to integer failed - not an integer");
-        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(::strToInt<unsigned int>("1.0"), std::runtime_error, "converting '1.0' to integer failed - not an integer");
-        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(::strToInt<unsigned int>("one"), std::runtime_error, "converting 'one' to integer failed - not an integer");
-        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(::strToInt<int>(std::to_string(static_cast<int64_t>(std::numeric_limits<int>::max()) + 1)), std::runtime_error, "converting '2147483648' to integer failed - out of range (limits)");
-        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(::strToInt<int>(std::to_string(static_cast<int64_t>(std::numeric_limits<int>::min()) - 1)), std::runtime_error, "converting '-2147483649' to integer failed - out of range (limits)");
-        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(::strToInt<int8_t>(std::to_string(static_cast<int64_t>(std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::max()) + 1)), std::runtime_error, "converting '128' to integer failed - out of range (limits)");
-        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(::strToInt<int8_t>(std::to_string(static_cast<int64_t>(std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::min()) - 1)), std::runtime_error, "converting '-129' to integer failed - out of range (limits)");
-        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(::strToInt<unsigned int>(std::to_string(static_cast<uint64_t>(std::numeric_limits<unsigned int>::max()) + 1)), std::runtime_error, "converting '4294967296' to integer failed - out of range (limits)");
-        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(::strToInt<int>("9223372036854775808"), std::runtime_error, "converting '9223372036854775808' to integer failed - out of range (stoll)"); // LLONG_MAX + 1
-        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS_2(::strToInt<std::size_t>("18446744073709551616"), std::runtime_error, "converting '18446744073709551616' to integer failed - out of range (stoull)"); // ULLONG_MAX + 1
+        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(::strToInt<int>(""), std::runtime_error, "converting '' to integer failed - not an integer");
+        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(::strToInt<std::size_t>(""), std::runtime_error, "converting '' to integer failed - not an integer");
+        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(::strToInt<int>(" "), std::runtime_error, "converting ' ' to integer failed - not an integer");
+        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(::strToInt<std::size_t>(" "), std::runtime_error, "converting ' ' to integer failed - not an integer");
+        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(::strToInt<unsigned int>("-1"), std::runtime_error, "converting '-1' to integer failed - needs to be positive");
+        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(::strToInt<int>("1ms"), std::runtime_error, "converting '1ms' to integer failed - not an integer");
+        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(::strToInt<int>("1.0"), std::runtime_error, "converting '1.0' to integer failed - not an integer");
+        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(::strToInt<int>("one"), std::runtime_error, "converting 'one' to integer failed - not an integer");
+        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(::strToInt<unsigned int>("1ms"), std::runtime_error, "converting '1ms' to integer failed - not an integer");
+        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(::strToInt<unsigned int>("1.0"), std::runtime_error, "converting '1.0' to integer failed - not an integer");
+        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(::strToInt<unsigned int>("one"), std::runtime_error, "converting 'one' to integer failed - not an integer");
+        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(::strToInt<int>(std::to_string(static_cast<int64_t>(std::numeric_limits<int>::max()) + 1)), std::runtime_error, "converting '2147483648' to integer failed - out of range (limits)");
+        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(::strToInt<int>(std::to_string(static_cast<int64_t>(std::numeric_limits<int>::min()) - 1)), std::runtime_error, "converting '-2147483649' to integer failed - out of range (limits)");
+        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(::strToInt<int8_t>(std::to_string(static_cast<int64_t>(std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::max()) + 1)), std::runtime_error, "converting '128' to integer failed - out of range (limits)");
+        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(::strToInt<int8_t>(std::to_string(static_cast<int64_t>(std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::min()) - 1)), std::runtime_error, "converting '-129' to integer failed - out of range (limits)");
+        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(::strToInt<unsigned int>(std::to_string(static_cast<uint64_t>(std::numeric_limits<unsigned int>::max()) + 1)), std::runtime_error, "converting '4294967296' to integer failed - out of range (limits)");
+        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(::strToInt<int>("9223372036854775808"), std::runtime_error, "converting '9223372036854775808' to integer failed - out of range (stoll)"); // LLONG_MAX + 1
+        ASSERT_THROW_EQUALS(::strToInt<std::size_t>("18446744073709551616"), std::runtime_error, "converting '18446744073709551616' to integer failed - out of range (stoull)"); // ULLONG_MAX + 1
 
         {
             long tmp;