diff --git a/tests/test_launcher.py b/tests/test_launcher.py
index 0a68ed1b8a..e890cfc1bc 100644
--- a/tests/test_launcher.py
+++ b/tests/test_launcher.py
@@ -1790,7 +1790,13 @@ def test_get_version_env_var(monkeypatch, version):
             pytest.raises(VersionError, match="Running MAPDL as a service requires"),
             None,
         ],
-        ["anymode", None, "posix", warnings.catch_warnings(record=True), "anymode"],
+        [
+            "anymode",
+            None,
+            "posix",
+            pytest.warns(UserWarning, match="PyMAPDL couldn't detect MAPDL version"),
+            "anymode",
+        ],
     ],
 )
 def test_check_mode(mode, version, osname, context, res):
@@ -1798,15 +1804,6 @@ def test_check_mode(mode, version, osname, context, res):
         with context as cnt:
             assert res == check_mode(mode, version)
 
-        if mode is not None and version is None:
-            # check warning
-            for each in cnt:
-                if "PyMAPDL couldn't detect MAPDL version" in each.message.args[0]:
-                    break
-            else:
-                # if using the break above, this 'else' is not executed.
-                assert False, "The expected warning was not raised"
-
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("jobid", [1001, 2002])
 @patch("subprocess.Popen", lambda *args, **kwargs: None)