diff --git a/pkg/target/resourceconflict_test.go b/pkg/target/resourceconflict_test.go
index 96574c645c..f33218e6fc 100644
--- a/pkg/target/resourceconflict_test.go
+++ b/pkg/target/resourceconflict_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package target_test
 
 import (
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/v3/pkg/kusttest"
@@ -369,100 +370,11 @@ metadata:
   name: serviceaccount
 `)
 
-	m, err := th.MakeKustTarget().MakeCustomizedResMap()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Unexpected err: %v", err)
+	_, err := th.MakeKustTarget().MakeCustomizedResMap()
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected error")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "multiple matches for ~G_v1_ServiceAccount|~X|serviceaccount") {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error %v", err)
 	}
-	th.AssertActualEqualsExpected(m, `
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ServiceAccount
-metadata:
-  name: a-serviceaccount-suffixA
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ServiceAccount
-metadata:
-  name: a-pfx-serviceaccount-sfx-suffixA
----
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: RoleBinding
-metadata:
-  name: a-pfx-rolebinding-sfx-suffixA
-roleRef:
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-  kind: ClusterRole
-  name: a-pfx-role-sfx-suffixA
-subjects:
-- kind: ServiceAccount
-  name: a-pfx-serviceaccount-sfx-suffixA
----
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: ClusterRoleBinding
-metadata:
-  name: a-pfx-rolebinding-sfx-suffixA
-roleRef:
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-  kind: ClusterRole
-  name: a-pfx-role-sfx-suffixA
-subjects:
-- kind: ServiceAccount
-  name: a-pfx-serviceaccount-sfx-suffixA
----
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-kind: ClusterRole
-metadata:
-  name: a-pfx-role-sfx-suffixA
-rules:
-- apiGroups:
-  - ""
-  resources:
-  - secrets
-  verbs:
-  - get
-  - watch
-  - list
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ServiceAccount
-metadata:
-  name: b-pfx-serviceaccount-sfx-suffixB
----
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: RoleBinding
-metadata:
-  name: b-pfx-rolebinding-sfx-suffixB
-roleRef:
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-  kind: ClusterRole
-  name: b-pfx-role-sfx-suffixB
-subjects:
-- kind: ServiceAccount
-  name: b-pfx-serviceaccount-sfx-suffixB
----
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: ClusterRoleBinding
-metadata:
-  name: b-pfx-rolebinding-sfx-suffixB
-roleRef:
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-  kind: ClusterRole
-  name: b-pfx-role-sfx-suffixB
-subjects:
-- kind: ServiceAccount
-  name: b-pfx-serviceaccount-sfx-suffixB
----
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-kind: ClusterRole
-metadata:
-  name: b-pfx-role-sfx-suffixB
-rules:
-- apiGroups:
-  - ""
-  resources:
-  - secrets
-  verbs:
-  - get
-  - watch
-  - list
-`)
 }