diff --git a/tests/qemuagenttest.c b/tests/qemuagenttest.c
index b3d737d8a8..232b34f9cd 100644
--- a/tests/qemuagenttest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuagenttest.c
@@ -907,8 +907,8 @@ mymain(void)
 {
     int ret = 0;
 
-#if !WITH_STABLE_ORDERING_JANSSON
-    fputs("libvirt not compiled with recent enough Jansson, skipping this test\n", stderr);
+#if !WITH_JANSSON
+    fputs("libvirt not compiled with JSON support, skipping this test\n", stderr);
     return EXIT_AM_SKIP;
 #endif