diff --git a/poi/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/BaseTestFormulaEvaluator.java b/poi/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/BaseTestFormulaEvaluator.java
index f2cf70df5f..cbd3438e74 100644
--- a/poi/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/BaseTestFormulaEvaluator.java
+++ b/poi/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/BaseTestFormulaEvaluator.java
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ public abstract class BaseTestFormulaEvaluator {
 
             eval.evaluateInCell(cell);
 
-            assertEquals("3", cell.toString());
+            assertEquals(3.0, cell.getNumericCellValue());
         }
     }
 
@@ -621,7 +621,6 @@ public abstract class BaseTestFormulaEvaluator {
 
             assertNotNull(eval.evaluateInCell(cell));
 
-            assertEquals("3", cell.toString());
             assertEquals(CellType.NUMERIC, cell.getCellType());
             assertEquals(3.0, cell.getNumericCellValue(), 0.01);
         }