diff --git a/ext/zlib/tests/003.phpt b/ext/zlib/tests/003.phpt
index 2732d4cea65..d9275d9f1f2 100644
--- a/ext/zlib/tests/003.phpt
+++ b/ext/zlib/tests/003.phpt
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 --TEST--
-gzencode()/base64_encode()
+gzencode()
 --SKIPIF--
 <?php if (!extension_loaded("zlib")) print "skip"; ?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
 $original = str_repeat("hallo php",4096);
-$packed=gzencode($original);
-echo strlen($packed)." ".strlen($original)."\n";
-if (strcmp(base64_encode($packed),"H4sIAAAAAAAAA+3GoQ0AQAgEsFV+NdwJEthf/R6kVU11z9tsRERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERERETu5gPlQAe9AJAAAA==")==0) echo "Strings are equal";
+$packed = gzencode($original);
+echo strlen($packed)." ".strlen($original). "\n";
+if (strcmp($original, gzdecode($packed)) == 0) echo "Strings are equal";
 ?>
 --EXPECT--
 118 36864