diff --git a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/callableReference/callableReferenceAsLastExpressionInBlock.kt b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/callableReference/callableReferenceAsLastExpressionInBlock.kt
index e31bf9e397d..d97dfe23998 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/callableReference/callableReferenceAsLastExpressionInBlock.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/callableReference/callableReferenceAsLastExpressionInBlock.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * RELEVANT SPEC SENTENCES (spec version: 0.1-220, test type: pos):
  *  - expressions, call-and-property-access-expressions, callable-references -> paragraph 11 -> sentence 3
  */
+
 import kotlin.reflect.KFunction0
 
 fun test() {
diff --git a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/callableReference/correctInfoAfterArrayLikeCall.kt b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/callableReference/correctInfoAfterArrayLikeCall.kt
index d2026f0a6bf..1d6fecadf39 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/callableReference/correctInfoAfterArrayLikeCall.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/callableReference/correctInfoAfterArrayLikeCall.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  *  - expressions, call-and-property-access-expressions, navigation-operators -> paragraph 9 -> sentence 2
  *  - expressions, call-and-property-access-expressions, navigation-operators -> paragraph 8 -> sentence 1
  */
+
 import kotlin.reflect.KProperty1
 
 class DTO {
diff --git a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/when/When.fir.kt b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/when/When.fir.kt
index 287bc1ea340..7a7be97f158 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/when/When.fir.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/when/When.fir.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // !WITH_NEW_INFERENCE
+
 fun Int.foo() : Boolean = true
 
 fun foo() : Int {
diff --git a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/when/kt10439.fir.kt b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/when/kt10439.fir.kt
index fe6325b748a..72d49f53481 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/when/kt10439.fir.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/when/kt10439.fir.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // !WITH_NEW_INFERENCE
+
 fun foo(x: Int) = x
 
 fun test0(flag: Boolean) {
diff --git a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/when/kt9972.fir.kt b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/when/kt9972.fir.kt
index b5265b36f1a..4db13805be5 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/when/kt9972.fir.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/when/kt9972.fir.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // !WITH_NEW_INFERENCE
+
 fun test1(): Int {
     val x: String = if (true) {
         when {
diff --git a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/when/whenAndLambdaWithExpectedType.fir.kt b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/when/whenAndLambdaWithExpectedType.fir.kt
index e82e0a7bae4..8f793c6fb58 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/when/whenAndLambdaWithExpectedType.fir.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/when/whenAndLambdaWithExpectedType.fir.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // !WITH_NEW_INFERENCE
+
 val test1: (String) -> Boolean =
         when {
             true -> {{ true }}
diff --git a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/when/whenWithNothingAndLambdas.fir.kt b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/when/whenWithNothingAndLambdas.fir.kt
index ecdc4aeaa90..22c7a8247c6 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/when/whenWithNothingAndLambdas.fir.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/when/whenWithNothingAndLambdas.fir.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // !WITH_NEW_INFERENCE
 // NI_EXPECTED_FILE
+
 val test1 = when {
     true -> { { true } }
     else -> TODO()
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/checkers/BaseDiagnosticsTest.kt b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/checkers/BaseDiagnosticsTest.kt
index 5456b5e1b75..ec802d75965 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/checkers/BaseDiagnosticsTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/checkers/BaseDiagnosticsTest.kt
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ abstract class BaseDiagnosticsTest : KotlinMultiFileTestWithJava<TestModule, Tes
         val RENDER_DIAGNOSTICS_FULL_TEXT = "RENDER_DIAGNOSTICS_FULL_TEXT"
 
         val DIAGNOSTIC_IN_TESTDATA_PATTERN = Regex("<!>|<!(.*?(\\(\".*?\"\\)|\\(\\))??)+(?<!<)!>")
+        val SPEC_LINKS_IN_TESTDATA_PATTERN = Regex("""/\*\s+\*\s+RELEVANT SPEC SENTENCES[\w\W]*?\*/\n""")
 
         fun parseDiagnosticFilterDirective(
             directiveMap: Directives,
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/FirTestUtils.kt b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/FirTestUtils.kt
index 9a9f3e3be2f..199a35a07ef 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/FirTestUtils.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/FirTestUtils.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil
 import junit.framework.TestCase
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.checkers.BaseDiagnosticsTest.Companion.DIAGNOSTIC_IN_TESTDATA_PATTERN
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.checkers.BaseDiagnosticsTest.Companion.SPEC_LINKS_IN_TESTDATA_PATTERN
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.KotlinTestUtils
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.util.trimTrailingWhitespacesAndAddNewlineAtEOF
 import java.io.File
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ fun compareAndMergeFirFileAndOldFrontendFile(
 }
 
 fun loadTestDataWithoutDiagnostics(file: File): String {
-    val textWithoutDiagnostics = KotlinTestUtils.doLoadFile(file).replace(DIAGNOSTIC_IN_TESTDATA_PATTERN, "")
+    val textWithoutDiagnostics = KotlinTestUtils.doLoadFile(file)
+        .replace(DIAGNOSTIC_IN_TESTDATA_PATTERN, "")
+        .replace(SPEC_LINKS_IN_TESTDATA_PATTERN, "")
     return StringUtil.convertLineSeparators(textWithoutDiagnostics.trim()).trimTrailingWhitespacesAndAddNewlineAtEOF()
 }