diff --git a/tests/checked/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/checked/CMakeLists.txt
index b579ea3d72dfaa57168abe50ef1108f38649e7df..29d0040250a8fb098756bb58712734c9e320e62d 100644
--- a/tests/checked/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/checked/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ function(panda_add_checked_test_ecma)
     cmake_parse_arguments(${prefix} "" "${singleValues}" "${multiValues}" ${ARGN})
 
     # Events does not work in Release mode
-    if (NOT DEFINED ARG_SUPPORT_RELEASE AND "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" MATCHES "Release")
+    if (NOT DEFINED ARG_SUPPORT_RELEASE AND "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "Release")
         return()
     endif()
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function(panda_add_checked_test_ecma)
 
     set(OPTIONS "--load-runtimes=ecmascript" "--run-gc-in-place")
 
-    if (${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} MATCHES "Release")
+    if ("${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "Release")
         set(RELEASE_OPT "--release")
     endif()