diff --git a/tests/test_cli_compile.py b/tests/test_cli_compile.py
index 254680d9b..1b1c0cd5a 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli_compile.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli_compile.py
@@ -2972,12 +2972,18 @@ def test_config_option(pip_conf, runner, tmp_path, make_config_file):
     out = runner.invoke(cli, [req_in.as_posix(), "--config", config_file.as_posix()])
 
     assert out.exit_code == 0
-    dry_run_message = "Dry-run, so nothing updated"
-    assert dry_run_message in out.stderr
+    assert "Dry-run, so nothing updated" in out.stderr
+
+
+def test_no_config_option(pip_conf, runner, tmp_path, make_config_file):
+    config_file = make_config_file("dry-run", True)
+
+    req_in = tmp_path / "requirements.in"
+    req_in.touch()
 
     out = runner.invoke(
         cli, [req_in.as_posix(), "--no-config", "--config", config_file.as_posix()]
     )
 
     assert out.exit_code == 0
-    assert dry_run_message not in out.stderr
+    assert "Dry-run, so nothing updated" not in out.stderr
diff --git a/tests/test_cli_sync.py b/tests/test_cli_sync.py
index ff48ac4b8..b2f7b4421 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli_sync.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli_sync.py
@@ -384,10 +384,17 @@ def test_config_option(run, runner, make_config_file):
     out = runner.invoke(cli, ["--config", config_file.as_posix()])
 
     assert out.exit_code == 1
-    dry_run_message = "Would install:"
-    assert dry_run_message in out.stdout
+    assert "Would install:" in out.stdout
+
+
+@mock.patch("piptools.sync.run")
+def test_no_config_option(run, runner, make_config_file):
+    config_file = make_config_file("dry-run", True)
+
+    with open(sync.DEFAULT_REQUIREMENTS_FILE, "w") as reqs_txt:
+        reqs_txt.write("six==1.10.0")
 
     out = runner.invoke(cli, ["--no-config", "--config", config_file.as_posix()])
 
     assert out.exit_code == 0
-    assert dry_run_message not in out.stdout
+    assert "Would install:" not in out.stdout