diff --git a/mod/course/tests/behat/app_courselist.feature b/mod/course/tests/behat/app_courselist.feature
index fc8adab44..08788755d 100644
--- a/mod/course/tests/behat/app_courselist.feature
+++ b/mod/course/tests/behat/app_courselist.feature
@@ -91,10 +91,6 @@ Feature: Test course list shown on app start tab
     And I should find "Course 5" in the app
     And I should find "Toad 6" in the app
 
-    When I press "Display options" near "Course overview" in the app
-    And I press "Filter my courses" in the app
-
-    # TODO field should be "Filter my courses"
     And I set the field "search text" to "fr" in the app
 
     Then I should find "C3" in the app
@@ -110,8 +106,7 @@ Feature: Test course list shown on app start tab
     And I should not find "Course 5" in the app
     And I should not find "Toad 6" in the app
 
-    When I press "Display options" near "Course overview" in the app
-    And I press "Filter my courses" in the app
+    When I set the field "search text" to "" in the app
     Then I should find "C1" in the app
     And I should find "C2" in the app
     And I should find "C3" in the app
diff --git a/tests/behat/behat_app.php b/tests/behat/behat_app.php
index c3c4a0ada..87c23602c 100644
--- a/tests/behat/behat_app.php
+++ b/tests/behat/behat_app.php
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ class behat_app extends behat_base {
      * Currently this only works for input fields which must be identified using a partial or
      * exact match on the placeholder text.
      *
-     * @Given /^I set the field "((?:[^"]|\\")+)" to "((?:[^"]|\\")+)" in the app$/
+     * @Given /^I set the field "((?:[^"]|\\")+)" to "((?:[^"]|\\")*)" in the app$/
      * @param string $field Text identifying field
      * @param string $value Value for field
      * @throws DriverException If the field set doesn't work