diff --git a/setuptools/tests/test_build_meta.py b/setuptools/tests/test_build_meta.py
index ce58ef28a9..095593f960 100644
--- a/setuptools/tests/test_build_meta.py
+++ b/setuptools/tests/test_build_meta.py
@@ -429,13 +429,17 @@ def test_build_with_pyproject_config(self, tmpdir, setup_script):
             "foo-0.1.dist-info/RECORD",
         }
         assert license == "---- placeholder MIT license ----"
+
+        metadata = metadata.replace("(", "").replace(")", "")
+        # ^-- compatibility hack for pypa/wheel#552
+
         for line in (
             "Summary: This is a Python package",
             "License: MIT",
             "Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers",
             "Requires-Dist: appdirs",
-            "Requires-Dist: tomli (>=1) ; extra == 'all'",
-            "Requires-Dist: importlib ; (python_version == \"2.6\") and extra == 'all'",
+            "Requires-Dist: tomli >=1 ; extra == 'all'",
+            "Requires-Dist: importlib ; python_version == \"2.6\" and extra == 'all'",
         ):
             assert line in metadata