diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/builder/ToStringBuilderTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/builder/ToStringBuilderTest.java
index bf196ecc4..5e66b67f8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/builder/ToStringBuilderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/builder/ToStringBuilderTest.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
-
 /**
  * Unit tests for {@link org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.ToStringBuilder}.
  *
@@ -302,16 +300,8 @@ public void testReflectionBooleanArrayArray() {
     public void testReflectionHierarchyArrayList() {
         List<Object> base = new ArrayList<Object>();
         String baseStr = this.toBaseString(base);
-
-        // Lots of contains methods so we're not making assumptions about the order of ArrayList [LANG-727].
-        String result = ToStringBuilder.reflectionToString(base, null, true);
-        assertTrue( StringUtils.startsWith(result, baseStr + "[") );
-        assertTrue( StringUtils.contains(result, "elementData={<null>,<null>,<null>,<null>,<null>,<null>,<null>,<null>,<null>,<null>}" ) );
-        assertTrue( StringUtils.contains(result, "size=0") );
-        assertTrue( StringUtils.contains(result, "modCount=0") );
-        assertTrue( StringUtils.endsWith(result, "]") );
+        assertEquals(baseStr + "[elementData={<null>,<null>,<null>,<null>,<null>,<null>,<null>,<null>,<null>,<null>},size=0,modCount=0]", ToStringBuilder.reflectionToString(base, null, true));
         assertEquals(baseStr + "[size=0]", ToStringBuilder.reflectionToString(base, null, false));
-
         this.validateNullToStringStyleRegistry();
     }