diff --git a/apps/emqx/include/asserts.hrl b/apps/emqx/include/asserts.hrl
index 5744fdbf3..a200394e4 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/include/asserts.hrl
+++ b/apps/emqx/include/asserts.hrl
@@ -83,27 +83,6 @@
     end)()
 ).
 
--define(assertMatchOneOf(PAT1, PAT2, EXPR),
-    (fun() ->
-        case (X__V = (EXPR)) of
-            PAT1 ->
-                X__V;
-            PAT2 ->
-                X__V;
-            _ ->
-                erlang:error(
-                    {assertMatch, [
-                        {module, ?MODULE},
-                        {line, ?LINE},
-                        {expression, (??EXPR)},
-                        {pattern, "one of [ " ++ (??PAT1) ++ ", " ++ (??PAT2) ++ " ]"},
-                        {value, X__V}
-                    ]}
-                )
-        end
-    end)()
-).
-
 -define(assertExceptionOneOf(CT1, CT2, EXPR),
     (fun() ->
         X__Attrs = [
diff --git a/apps/emqx_durable_storage/test/emqx_ds_SUITE.erl b/apps/emqx_durable_storage/test/emqx_ds_SUITE.erl
index 002f5c557..5ba616012 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_durable_storage/test/emqx_ds_SUITE.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_durable_storage/test/emqx_ds_SUITE.erl
@@ -610,11 +610,14 @@ t_error_mapping_replication_layer(_Config) ->
     %% At least one of `emqx_ds:make_iterator/4` will end in an error.
     Results1 = lists:map(
         fun({_Rank, S}) ->
-            ?assertMatchOneOf(
-                {ok, _Iter},
-                {error, recoverable, {erpc, _}},
-                emqx_ds:make_iterator(DB, S, TopicFilter, 0)
-            )
+            case emqx_ds:make_iterator(DB, S, TopicFilter, 0) of
+                Ok = {ok, _Iter} ->
+                    Ok;
+                Error = {error, recoverable, {erpc, _}} ->
+                    Error;
+                Other ->
+                    ct:fail({unexpected_result, Other})
+            end
         end,
         Streams0
     ),
@@ -626,11 +629,14 @@ t_error_mapping_replication_layer(_Config) ->
     %% At least one of `emqx_ds:next/3` over initial set of iterators will end in an error.
     Results2 = lists:map(
         fun(Iter) ->
-            ?assertMatchOneOf(
-                {ok, _Iter, [_ | _]},
-                {error, recoverable, {badrpc, _}},
-                emqx_ds:next(DB, Iter, _BatchSize = 42)
-            )
+            case emqx_ds:next(DB, Iter, _BatchSize = 42) of
+                Ok = {ok, _Iter, [_ | _]} ->
+                    Ok;
+                Error = {error, recoverable, {badrpc, _}} ->
+                    Error;
+                Other ->
+                    ct:fail({unexpected_result, Other})
+            end
         end,
         Iterators0
     ),