diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/toolkit/test_archiver_configurator.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/toolkit/test_archiver_configurator.py
index 777fca819242b5dc4e46d04f99c2d3c0cfb867b0..a0f9d00f981d22f14715d773966610b55efe2fd4 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/toolkit/test_archiver_configurator.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/toolkit/test_archiver_configurator.py
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ class TestArchiverConfigurator(base.TestCase):
         self.assertIsNotNone(self.config_dict)
         polling_time, archive_abs_change, archive_rel_change, archive_period, event_period, strategy = get_global_env_parameters(
             self.config_dict, self.dev_env)
-        self.assertTrue(type(polling_time) is int)
-        self.assertTrue(type(archive_abs_change) is int or archive_abs_change is None)
-        self.assertTrue(type(archive_rel_change) is int or archive_rel_change is None)
-        self.assertTrue(type(archive_period) is int)
-        self.assertTrue(type(event_period) is int)
-        self.assertTrue(type(strategy) is str)
+        self.assertEqual(type(polling_time),int)
+        self.assertEqual(type(archive_abs_change), int)
+        self.assertEqual(f"{type(archive_rel_change)}", f"<class 'NoneType'>")
+        self.assertEqual(type(archive_period),int)
+        self.assertEqual(type(event_period),int)
+        self.assertEqual(type(strategy),str)