diff --git a/tests/system/shared/utils.py b/tests/system/shared/utils.py
index 9f716d8639f9ecc11d7f3b44560500099b2fb95f..db4c4e1cd56565350f69226f4b4f398daff47f63 100644
--- a/tests/system/shared/utils.py
+++ b/tests/system/shared/utils.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def invokeMenuItem(menu, item, *subItems):
     itemObject = waitForObjectItem(objectMap.realName(menuObject), item)
     waitFor("itemObject.enabled", 2000)
     activateItem(itemObject)
-    numberedPrefix = "&?\\d+: "
+    numberedPrefix = "(&\\d \| )?"
     for subItem in subItems:
         sub = itemObject.menu()
         waitFor("sub.visible", 1000)
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ def invokeMenuItem(menu, item, *subItems):
             for i in range(actions.count()):
                 current = actions.at(i)
                 nonPrefix = subItem[len(numberedPrefix):]
-                matcher = re.match("(%s)(.*)" % numberedPrefix, str(current.text))
+                matcher = re.match("%s(.*)" % numberedPrefix, str(current.text))
                 if matcher and matcher.group(2) == nonPrefix:
                     itemObject = current
                     activateItem(itemObject)
diff --git a/tests/system/suite_editors/tst_generic_highlighter/test.py b/tests/system/suite_editors/tst_generic_highlighter/test.py
index a47b2136b2718d4f8faf4a9ff3cf12033c5b8bf5..8e249df54e5e535a96d5c08c823a37ed2cf9b238 100644
--- a/tests/system/suite_editors/tst_generic_highlighter/test.py
+++ b/tests/system/suite_editors/tst_generic_highlighter/test.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def main():
         recentFile = os.path.join(folder, current)
         if recentFile.startswith(home) and platform.system() in ('Linux', 'Darwin'):
             recentFile = recentFile.replace(home, "~", 1)
-        invokeMenuItem("File", "Recent Files", "&?\\d+: %s" % recentFile)
+        invokeMenuItem("File", "Recent Files", "(&\\d \| )?%s" % recentFile)
         editor = getEditorForFileSuffix(current)
         display = displayHintForHighlighterDefinition(current, patterns, lPatterns,
                                                       addedHighlighterDefinition,