diff --git a/src/test/ui/backtrace.rs b/src/test/ui/backtrace.rs
index 05ccfcb5060..e2ac43fffc9 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/backtrace.rs
+++ b/src/test/ui/backtrace.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ fn expected(fn_name: &str) -> String {
     format!(" backtrace::{}", fn_name)
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(panic = "abort"))]
 fn contains_verbose_expected(s: &str, fn_name: &str) -> bool {
     // HACK(eddyb) work around the fact that verbosely demangled stack traces
     // (from `RUST_BACKTRACE=full`, or, as is the case here, panic-in-panic)