diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/TestRouteText.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/TestRouteText.java
index 88c5d723a4..698cc43cb2 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/TestRouteText.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/TestRouteText.java
@@ -769,29 +769,28 @@ public class TestRouteText {
         final RouteText routeText = new RouteText();
         final TestRunner runner = TestRunners.newTestRunner(routeText);
         runner.setProperty(RouteText.MATCH_STRATEGY, RouteText.MATCHES_REGULAR_EXPRESSION);
-        runner.setProperty("simple", ".*(${someValue}).*");
+        final String simpleRelationship = "simple";
+        runner.setProperty(simpleRelationship, ".*(${someValue}).*");
+
+        final int iterations = 2;
 
         runner.enqueue("some text", Collections.singletonMap("someValue", "a value"));
         runner.enqueue("some other text", Collections.singletonMap("someValue", "a value"));
-        runner.run(2);
+        runner.run(iterations);
 
-        assertEquals("Expected 1 elements in the cache for the patterns, got" +
-                routeText.patternsCache.size(), 1, routeText.patternsCache.size());
+        assertEquals(1, routeText.patternsCache.size());
 
-        for (int i = 0; i < RouteText.PATTERNS_CACHE_MAXIMUM_ENTRIES * 2; ++i) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < iterations; ++i) {
             String iString = Long.toString(i);
             runner.enqueue("some text with " + iString + "in it",
                     Collections.singletonMap("someValue", iString));
             runner.run();
         }
 
-        assertEquals("Expected " + RouteText.PATTERNS_CACHE_MAXIMUM_ENTRIES +
-                " elements in the cache for the patterns, got" + routeText.patternsCache.size(),
-                RouteText.PATTERNS_CACHE_MAXIMUM_ENTRIES, routeText.patternsCache.size());
-
-        runner.assertTransferCount("simple", RouteText.PATTERNS_CACHE_MAXIMUM_ENTRIES * 2);
-        runner.assertTransferCount("unmatched", 2);
-        runner.assertTransferCount("original", RouteText.PATTERNS_CACHE_MAXIMUM_ENTRIES * 2 + 2);
+        runner.assertTransferCount(simpleRelationship, iterations);
+        runner.assertTransferCount(RouteText.REL_MATCH, 0);
+        runner.assertTransferCount(RouteText.REL_NO_MATCH, iterations);
+        runner.assertTransferCount(RouteText.REL_ORIGINAL, iterations * 2);
 
         runner.setProperty(RouteText.IGNORE_CASE, "true");
         assertEquals("Pattern cache is not cleared after changing IGNORE_CASE", 0, routeText.patternsCache.size());