diff --git a/sycl/test/.clang-format b/sycl/test/.clang-format
index 0fb3ce609e376..ec2cbcc32023a 100644
--- a/sycl/test/.clang-format
+++ b/sycl/test/.clang-format
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 BasedOnStyle: LLVM
-CommentPragmas: "(RUN|FAIL|REQUIRES|UNSUPPORTED|CHECK) *:|expected-"
+CommentPragmas: "RUN|FAIL|REQUIRES|UNSUPPORTED|CHECK|expected-"