diff --git a/unittests/test_xml_converter.py b/unittests/test_xml_converter.py
index 16912aa7be177a72ce76f2afa2daf7ae27e5cd5d..e1e0b2e14b49015e1446773ea2854f14504a5087 100644
--- a/unittests/test_xml_converter.py
+++ b/unittests/test_xml_converter.py
@@ -256,19 +256,12 @@ def test_namespace_xml(converter_registry):
     </root>
 """
 
-    conv_tail = """
-default_namespace: default
-subtree:
-  Text:
-    type: XMLTextNode
-    match: (?P<result>.*)
-"""
-
     converter = XMLTagConverter(yaml.safe_load("""
 type: XMLTag
 match_tag: "{default-namespace}root"
 xpath: "default:node1/text()"
-""" + conv_tail), "TestXMLTagConverter", converter_registry)
+default_namespace: default
+"""), "TestXMLTagConverter", converter_registry)
 
     tag = XMLTagElement(fromstring(xml_text))
     m = converter.match(tag)
@@ -281,10 +274,11 @@ xpath: "default:node1/text()"
 type: XMLTag
 match_tag: "{default-namespace}root"
 xpath: "default:node1"
+default_namespace: default
 attribs_as_children: false
 text_as_children: true
 tags_as_children: false
-""" + conv_tail), "TestXMLTagConverter", converter_registry)
+"""), "TestXMLTagConverter", converter_registry)
     children = converter.create_children(GeneralStore(), tag)
     assert len(children) == 2
     assert children[0].name == "{default-namespace}node1[1]/text()"