diff --git a/tests/test_redshift/test_server.py b/tests/test_redshift/test_server.py
index ba407ab4c..4e950fc74 100644
--- a/tests/test_redshift/test_server.py
+++ b/tests/test_redshift/test_server.py
@@ -18,7 +18,5 @@ def test_describe_clusters():
 
     res = test_client.get('/?Action=DescribeClusters')
 
-    json_data = json.loads(res.data.decode("utf-8"))
-    clusters = json_data['DescribeClustersResponse'][
-        'DescribeClustersResult']['Clusters']
-    list(clusters).should.equal([])
+    result = res.data.decode("utf-8")
+    result.should.contain("<DescribeClustersResponse><DescribeClustersResult><Clusters></Clusters></DescribeClustersResult")