diff --git a/g2p/tests/test_create_mapping.py b/g2p/tests/test_create_mapping.py
index 4d20739f..459677a6 100755
--- a/g2p/tests/test_create_mapping.py
+++ b/g2p/tests/test_create_mapping.py
@@ -98,16 +98,16 @@ def test_trigram_mappings(self):
 
     def test_trigram_mappings_xsampa(self):
         src_mappings = [
-            {"in": "ᒋ", "out": "t͡Si"},
-            {"in": "ᒍ", "out": "t͡Su"},
-            {"in": "ᒐ", "out": "t͡Sa"},
+            {"in": "ᒋ", "out": "tSi"},
+            {"in": "ᒍ", "out": "tSu"},
+            {"in": "ᒐ", "out": "tSa"},
         ]
         src_mapping = Mapping(rules=src_mappings, in_lang="crj", out_lang="crj-xsampa")
         mapping = create_mapping(src_mapping, self.target_mapping_xsampa, quiet=True)
         transducer = Transducer(mapping)
-        self.assertEqual(transducer("t͡Si").output_string, "tSi")
-        self.assertEqual(transducer("t͡Su").output_string, "tSu")
-        self.assertEqual(transducer("t͡Sa").output_string, "tSA")
+        self.assertEqual(transducer("tSi").output_string, "tSi")
+        self.assertEqual(transducer("tSu").output_string, "tSu")
+        self.assertEqual(transducer("tSa").output_string, "tSA")
 
     def test_long_mappings(self):
         src_mappings = [