diff --git a/regression/goto-instrument/approx-array-variable-const-fp-only-remove-const/test.desc b/regression/goto-instrument/approx-array-variable-const-fp-only-remove-const/test.desc
index bf47edf8dbd..967e32ecbc4 100644
--- a/regression/goto-instrument/approx-array-variable-const-fp-only-remove-const/test.desc
+++ b/regression/goto-instrument/approx-array-variable-const-fp-only-remove-const/test.desc
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 CORE
 main.c
 --verbosity 10 --pointer-check --remove-const-function-pointers
-^\s*IF fp_tbl\[\(signed (long )*long int\)i\] == f2 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
-^\s*IF fp_tbl\[\(signed (long )*long int\)i\] == f3 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
-^\s*IF fp_tbl\[\(signed (long )*long int\)i\] == f4 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
+^\s*IF fp_tbl\[.*i\] == f2 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
+^\s*IF fp_tbl\[.*i\] == f3 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
+^\s*IF fp_tbl\[.*i\] == f4 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
 ^EXIT=0$
 ^SIGNAL=0$
 --
-^\s*IF fp_tbl\[\(signed (long )*long int\)i\] == f1 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
-^\s*IF fp_tbl\[\(signed (long )*long int\)i\] == f5 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
-^\s*IF fp_tbl\[\(signed (long )*long int\)i\] == f6 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
-^\s*IF fp_tbl\[\(signed (long )*long int\)i\] == f7 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
-^\s*IF fp_tbl\[\(signed (long )*long int\)i\] == f8 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
-^\s*IF fp_tbl\[\(signed (long )*long int\)i\] == f9 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
+^\s*IF fp_tbl\[.*i\] == f1 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
+^\s*IF fp_tbl\[.*i\] == f5 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
+^\s*IF fp_tbl\[.*i\] == f6 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
+^\s*IF fp_tbl\[.*i\] == f7 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
+^\s*IF fp_tbl\[.*i\] == f8 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
+^\s*IF fp_tbl\[.*i\] == f9 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
 ^warning: ignoring
diff --git a/regression/goto-instrument/approx-array-variable-const-fp-remove-all-fp/test.desc b/regression/goto-instrument/approx-array-variable-const-fp-remove-all-fp/test.desc
index a88ad48002a..30e6cdedfd3 100644
--- a/regression/goto-instrument/approx-array-variable-const-fp-remove-all-fp/test.desc
+++ b/regression/goto-instrument/approx-array-variable-const-fp-remove-all-fp/test.desc
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 CORE
 main.c
 --verbosity 10 --pointer-check --remove-function-pointers
-^\s*IF fp_tbl\[\(signed (long )*long int\)i\] == f2 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
-^\s*IF fp_tbl\[\(signed (long )*long int\)i\] == f3 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
-^\s*IF fp_tbl\[\(signed (long )*long int\)i\] == f4 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
+^\s*IF fp_tbl\[.*i\] == f2 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
+^\s*IF fp_tbl\[.*i\] == f3 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
+^\s*IF fp_tbl\[.*i\] == f4 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
 ^EXIT=0$
 ^SIGNAL=0$
 --
-^\s*IF fp_tbl\[\(signed (long )*long int\)i\] == f1 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
-^\s*IF fp_tbl\[\(signed (long )*long int\)i\] == f5 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
-^\s*IF fp_tbl\[\(signed (long )*long int\)i\] == f6 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
-^\s*IF fp_tbl\[\(signed (long )*long int\)i\] == f7 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
-^\s*IF fp_tbl\[\(signed (long )*long int\)i\] == f8 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
-^\s*IF fp_tbl\[\(signed (long )*long int\)i\] == f9 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
+^\s*IF fp_tbl\[.*i\] == f1 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
+^\s*IF fp_tbl\[.*i\] == f5 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
+^\s*IF fp_tbl\[.*i\] == f6 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
+^\s*IF fp_tbl\[.*i\] == f7 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
+^\s*IF fp_tbl\[.*i\] == f8 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
+^\s*IF fp_tbl\[.*i\] == f9 THEN GOTO [0-9]$
 ^warning: ignoring