diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create_test.go b/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create_test.go
index acb35f557..4785a9d99 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create_test.go
@@ -1624,10 +1624,11 @@ func Test_createRun(t *testing.T) {
 
 func Test_tryDetermineTrackingRef(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
-		name     string
-		cmdStubs func(*run.CommandStubber)
-		remotes  context.Remotes
-		assert   func(ref git.TrackingRef, found bool, t *testing.T)
+		name                string
+		cmdStubs            func(*run.CommandStubber)
+		remotes             context.Remotes
+		expectedTrackingRef git.TrackingRef
+		expectedFound       bool
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "empty",
@@ -1635,10 +1636,8 @@ func Test_tryDetermineTrackingRef(t *testing.T) {
 				cs.Register(`git config --get-regexp.+branch\\\.feature\\\.`, 0, "")
 				cs.Register(`git show-ref --verify -- HEAD`, 0, "abc HEAD")
 			},
-			assert: func(ref git.TrackingRef, found bool, t *testing.T) {
-				assert.Zero(t, ref)
-				assert.False(t, found)
-			},
+			expectedTrackingRef: git.TrackingRef{},
+			expectedFound:       false,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "no match",
@@ -1656,10 +1655,8 @@ func Test_tryDetermineTrackingRef(t *testing.T) {
 					Repo:   ghrepo.New("octocat", "Spoon-Knife"),
 				},
 			},
-			assert: func(ref git.TrackingRef, found bool, t *testing.T) {
-				assert.Zero(t, ref)
-				assert.False(t, found)
-			},
+			expectedTrackingRef: git.TrackingRef{},
+			expectedFound:       false,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "match",
@@ -1681,13 +1678,11 @@ func Test_tryDetermineTrackingRef(t *testing.T) {
 					Repo:   ghrepo.New("octocat", "Spoon-Knife"),
 				},
 			},
-			assert: func(ref git.TrackingRef, found bool, t *testing.T) {
-				assert.Equal(t, git.TrackingRef{
-					RemoteName: "upstream",
-					BranchName: "feature",
-				}, ref)
-				assert.True(t, found)
+			expectedTrackingRef: git.TrackingRef{
+				RemoteName: "upstream",
+				BranchName: "feature",
 			},
+			expectedFound: true,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "respect tracking config",
@@ -1707,10 +1702,8 @@ func Test_tryDetermineTrackingRef(t *testing.T) {
 					Repo:   ghrepo.New("hubot", "Spoon-Knife"),
 				},
 			},
-			assert: func(ref git.TrackingRef, found bool, t *testing.T) {
-				assert.Zero(t, ref)
-				assert.False(t, found)
-			},
+			expectedTrackingRef: git.TrackingRef{},
+			expectedFound:       false,
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -1727,7 +1720,8 @@ func Test_tryDetermineTrackingRef(t *testing.T) {
 			headBranchConfig := gitClient.ReadBranchConfig(ctx.Background(), "feature")
 			ref, found := tryDetermineTrackingRef(gitClient, tt.remotes, "feature", headBranchConfig)
 
-			tt.assert(ref, found, t)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedTrackingRef, ref)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedFound, found)
 		})
 	}
 }