diff --git a/tests/desktop_background.pm b/tests/desktop_background.pm
index 26b38f8f..118134f4 100644
--- a/tests/desktop_background.pm
+++ b/tests/desktop_background.pm
@@ -11,16 +11,7 @@ sub run {
     # don't have any requirement for what background Rawhide uses.
     my $version = get_var('VERSION');
     my $rawrel = get_var('RAWREL');
-    if ($version ne "Rawhide" && $version ne $rawrel) {
-        unless (check_screen "${version}_background", 30) {
-            if ($version eq "40") {
-                record_soft_failure "No backgrounds for F40 yet: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2230720";
-            }
-            else {
-                die "Correct background not found!";
-            }
-        }
-    }
+    assert_screen "${version}_background" if ($version ne "Rawhide" && $version ne $rawrel);
 }
 
 sub test_flags {