diff --git a/tests/basic/test_repo.py b/tests/basic/test_repo.py
index d86f7bef7..d16bee2fd 100644
--- a/tests/basic/test_repo.py
+++ b/tests/basic/test_repo.py
@@ -125,15 +125,10 @@ class TestRepo(unittest.TestCase):
         # Check that simple_send_with_retries was called twice
         self.assertEqual(mock_send.call_count, 2)
 
-        # Check that it was called with the correct models
-        self.assertEqual(mock_send.call_args_list[0][0][0], model1)
-        self.assertEqual(mock_send.call_args_list[1][0][0], model2)
-
-        # Check that the content of the messages is the same for both calls
-        self.assertEqual(mock_send.call_args_list[0][0][1], mock_send.call_args_list[1][0][1])
-
-        # Optionally, you can still dump the call args if needed for debugging
-        dump(mock_send.call_args_list)
+        # Check that both calls were made with the same messages
+        first_call_messages = mock_send.call_args_list[0][0][0]  # Get messages from first call
+        second_call_messages = mock_send.call_args_list[1][0][0]  # Get messages from second call
+        self.assertEqual(first_call_messages, second_call_messages)
 
     @patch("aider.models.Model.simple_send_with_retries")
     def test_get_commit_message_strip_quotes(self, mock_send):
@@ -167,8 +162,8 @@ class TestRepo(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(result, "Custom commit message")
         mock_send.assert_called_once()
-        args, _ = mock_send.call_args
-        self.assertEqual(args[1][0]["content"], custom_prompt)
+        args = mock_send.call_args[0]  # Get positional args
+        self.assertEqual(args[0][0]["content"], custom_prompt)  # Check first message content
 
     @patch("aider.repo.GitRepo.get_commit_message")
     def test_commit_with_custom_committer_name(self, mock_send):