Before: call ale#assert#SetUpLinterTest('llvm', 'llc') function! AssertHasPrefix(str, prefix) abort let msg = printf("'%s' is expected to be prefixed with '%s'", a:str, a:prefix) AssertEqual stridx(a:str, a:prefix), 0, msg endfunction After: delfunction AssertHasPrefix call ale#assert#TearDownLinterTest() Execute(The llc command should be customizable): AssertLinter 'llc', \ ale#Escape('llc') . ' -filetype=null -o=' . g:ale#util#nul_file let g:ale_llvm_llc_executable = 'llc-5.0' AssertLinter 'llc-5.0', \ ale#Escape('llc-5.0') . ' -filetype=null -o=' . g:ale#util#nul_file