diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index b07553387..66b3faf69 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
# pylint: disable=C0103,invalid-name
import base64
-
import contextlib
import inspect
import io
@@ -2273,7 +2272,8 @@ def test_create_metalink():
meta_lines = [line.strip() for line in meta_xml.splitlines()]
for file, data in zip(meta_files, test_data):
size = len(data)
- href = f"file://" + file["href"] if file["href"].startswith("/") else file["href"]
+ href = file["href"]
+ href = f"file://{href}" if href.startswith("/") else href
ctype = file["type"]
size_line = f"{size}"
href_line = f"{href}"