diff --git a/ChangeLog.adoc b/ChangeLog.adoc
index 5c6f1988a..6e14834ff 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.adoc
+++ b/ChangeLog.adoc
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Bug fixes::
 
 Tests::
 
-  * unit: fix UTF-8 tests on FreeBSD
+  * unit: fix UTF-8 and evaluation tests on FreeBSD
   * unit: add tests on IRC configuration and protocol functions
 
 Build::
diff --git a/tests/unit/core/test-core-eval.cpp b/tests/unit/core/test-core-eval.cpp
index 4f2a90e9e..f0e333b79 100644
--- a/tests/unit/core/test-core-eval.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/core/test-core-eval.cpp
@@ -507,13 +507,13 @@ TEST(CoreEval, EvalReplaceRegex)
 
     /* add brackets around URLs (regex as string) */
     hashtable_remove (pointers, "regex");
-    hashtable_set (options, "regex", "\\w+://\\S+");
+    hashtable_set (options, "regex", "[a-zA-Z0-9_]+://[^ ]+");
     hashtable_set (options, "regex_replace", "[ ${re:0} ]");
     WEE_CHECK_EVAL("test: [ https://weechat.org/ ]",
                    "test: https://weechat.org/");
 
     /* add brackets around URLs (compiled regex) */
-    LONGS_EQUAL(0, string_regcomp (&regex, "\\w+://\\S+",
+    LONGS_EQUAL(0, string_regcomp (&regex, "[a-zA-Z0-9_]+://[^ ]+",
                                    REG_EXTENDED | REG_ICASE));
     hashtable_set (pointers, "regex", &regex);
     hashtable_remove (options, "regex");
@@ -524,13 +524,13 @@ TEST(CoreEval, EvalReplaceRegex)
 
     /* hide passwords (regex as string) */
     hashtable_remove (pointers, "regex");
-    hashtable_set (options, "regex", "(password=)(\\S+)");
+    hashtable_set (options, "regex", "(password=)([^ ]+)");
     hashtable_set (options, "regex_replace", "${re:1}${hide:*,${re:2}}");
     WEE_CHECK_EVAL("password=*** password=***",
                    "password=abc password=def");
 
     /* hide passwords (compiled regex) */
-    LONGS_EQUAL(0, string_regcomp (&regex, "(password=)(\\S+)",
+    LONGS_EQUAL(0, string_regcomp (&regex, "(password=)([^ ]+)",
                                    REG_EXTENDED | REG_ICASE));
     hashtable_set (pointers, "regex", &regex);
     hashtable_remove (options, "regex");