diff --git a/pandas/tests/test_frame.py b/pandas/tests/test_frame.py
index 8e533f3e22e5c..adb1b538fc2aa 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/test_frame.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/test_frame.py
@@ -13706,8 +13706,7 @@ def test_quantile_interpolation_np_lt_1p9(self):
         assert_series_equal(q, q1)
 
         # interpolation method other than default linear
-        expErrMsg = ("Interpolation methods other than linear"
-                     " not supported in numpy < 1.9")
+        expErrMsg = "Interpolation methods other than linear"
         df = DataFrame({"A": [1, 2, 3], "B": [2, 3, 4]}, index=[1, 2, 3])
         with assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, expErrMsg):
             df.quantile(.5, axis=1, interpolation='nearest')
diff --git a/pandas/tests/test_series.py b/pandas/tests/test_series.py
index caf8883499890..62a3f5249ddce 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/test_series.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/test_series.py
@@ -3115,8 +3115,7 @@ def test_quantile_interpolation_np_lt_1p9(self):
         self.assertEqual(q1, percentile(self.ts.valid(), 10))
 
         # interpolation other than linear
-        expErrMsg = "Interpolation methods other than " \
-                    "linear not supported in numpy < 1.9"
+        expErrMsg = "Interpolation methods other than "
         with tm.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, expErrMsg):
             self.ts.quantile(0.9, interpolation='nearest')