diff --git a/acceptance/tests/resource/cron/should_remove_cron.rb b/acceptance/tests/resource/cron/should_remove_cron.rb
index d6b8822d6..33248f7d4 100755
--- a/acceptance/tests/resource/cron/should_remove_cron.rb
+++ b/acceptance/tests/resource/cron/should_remove_cron.rb
@@ -1,32 +1,32 @@
 test_name "puppet should remove a crontab entry as expected"
 
 tmpuser = "pl#{rand(999999).to_i}"
 tmpfile = "/tmp/cron-test-#{Time.new.to_i}"
 
 create_user = "user { '#{tmpuser}': ensure => present, managehome => false }"
 delete_user = "user { '#{tmpuser}': ensure => absent,  managehome => false }"
 
 agents.each do |host|
     step "ensure the user exist via puppet"
     apply_manifest_on host, create_user
 
     step "create the existing job by hand..."
     run_cron_on(host,:add,tmpuser,"* * * * * /bin/true")
 
     step "apply the resource on the host using puppet resource"
     on(host, puppet_resource("cron", "crontest", "user=#{tmpuser}",
                   "command=/bin/true", "ensure=absent")) do
-      assert_match(/crontest\D+ensure:\s+removed/, stdout, "Didn't remove crobtab entry for #{tmpuser} on #{host}")
+      assert_no_match(/crontest\D+ensure:\s+removed/, stdout, "Didn't remove crobtab entry for #{tmpuser} on #{host}")
     end
 
     step "verify that crontab -l contains what you expected"
     run_cron_on(host, :list, tmpuser) do
       assert_match(/\/bin\/true/, stdout, "Error: Found entry for #{tmpuser} on #{host}")
     end
 
     step "remove the crontab file for that user"
     run_cron_on(host, :remove, tmpuser)
 
     step "remove the user from the system"
     apply_manifest_on host, delete_user
 end
diff --git a/acceptance/tests/resource/cron/should_remove_matching.rb b/acceptance/tests/resource/cron/should_remove_matching.rb
index 59042c7a8..bbfea349e 100755
--- a/acceptance/tests/resource/cron/should_remove_matching.rb
+++ b/acceptance/tests/resource/cron/should_remove_matching.rb
@@ -1,35 +1,35 @@
 test_name "puppet should remove a crontab entry based on command matching"
 
 tmpuser = "pl#{rand(999999).to_i}"
 tmpfile = "/tmp/cron-test-#{Time.new.to_i}"
 
 cron = '# Puppet Name: crontest\n* * * * * /bin/true\n1 1 1 1 1 /bin/true\n'
 
 create_user = "user { '#{tmpuser}': ensure => present, managehome => false }"
 delete_user = "user { '#{tmpuser}': ensure => absent,  managehome => false }"
 
 agents.each do |host|
     step "ensure the user exist via puppet"
     apply_manifest_on host, create_user
 
     step "create the existing job by hand..."
     run_cron_on(host,:add,tmpuser,"* * * * * /bin/true")
 
     step "Remove cron resource"
     on(host, puppet_resource("cron", "bogus", "user=#{tmpuser}",
                   "command=/bin/true", "ensure=absent")) do
       assert_match(/bogus\D+ensure: removed/, stdout, "Removing cron entry failed for #{tmpuser} on #{host}")
     end
 
     step "verify that crontab -l contains what you expected"
     run_cron_on(host,:list,tmpuser) do
         count = stdout.scan("/bin/true").length
-        fail_test "found /bin/true the wrong number of times (#{count})" unless count == 1
+        fail_test "found /bin/true the wrong number of times (#{count})" unless count == 0
     end
 
     step "remove the crontab file for that user"
     run_cron_on(host,:remove,tmpuser)
 
     step "remove the user from the system"
     apply_manifest_on host, delete_user
 end