diff --git a/PRESUBMIT.py b/PRESUBMIT.py
index 08e6024da0..247b78eaa0 100755
--- a/PRESUBMIT.py
+++ b/PRESUBMIT.py
@@ -529,16 +529,17 @@ def CheckPublicDepsIsNotUsed(gn_files, input_api, output_api):
                'because it doesn\'t map well to downstream build systems.\n'
                'Used in: %s (line %d).\n'
                'If you are not adding this code (e.g. you are just moving '
-               'existing code) or you have a good reason, you can add a '
-               'comment on the line that causes the problem:\n\n'
+               'existing code) or you have a good reason, you can add this '
+               'comment (verbatim) on the line that causes the problem:\n\n'
                'public_deps = [  # no-presubmit-check TODO(webrtc:8603)\n')
   for affected_file in gn_files:
     for (line_number, affected_line) in affected_file.ChangedContents():
-      if ('public_deps' in affected_line
-          and not no_presubmit_check_re.search(affected_line)):
-        result.append(
-            output_api.PresubmitError(error_msg % (affected_file.LocalPath(),
-                                                   line_number)))
+      if 'public_deps' in affected_line:
+        surpressed = no_presubmit_check_re.search(affected_line)
+        if not surpressed:
+          result.append(
+              output_api.PresubmitError(error_msg % (affected_file.LocalPath(),
+                                                     line_number)))
   return result
 
 
diff --git a/test/BUILD.gn b/test/BUILD.gn
index abe0801857..464f44f60a 100644
--- a/test/BUILD.gn
+++ b/test/BUILD.gn
@@ -297,7 +297,8 @@ rtc_source_set("test_support") {
 
   public_deps = []  # no-presubmit-check TODO(webrtc:8603)
   if (is_ios) {
-    public_deps += [ ":test_support_objc" ]  # no-presubmit-check TODO(webrtc:8603)
+    public_deps +=  # no-presubmit-check TODO(webrtc:8603)
+        [ ":test_support_objc" ]
   }
 
   public_configs = [ ":test_main_direct_config" ]
@@ -620,7 +621,8 @@ rtc_source_set("run_test") {
   if (is_mac) {
     public_deps = [ ":run_test_objc" ]  # no-presubmit-check TODO(webrtc:8603)
   } else {
-    public_deps = [ ":run_test_generic" ]  # no-presubmit-check TODO(webrtc:8603)
+    public_deps =  # no-presubmit-check TODO(webrtc:8603)
+        [ ":run_test_generic" ]
   }
 }
 
@@ -677,7 +679,8 @@ rtc_library("direct_transport") {
     "../rtc_base/task_utils:repeating_task",
     "//third_party/abseil-cpp/absl/memory",
   ]
-  public_deps = [ "../call:fake_network" ]  # no-presubmit-check TODO(webrtc:8603)
+  public_deps =  # no-presubmit-check TODO(webrtc:8603)
+      [ "../call:fake_network" ]
 }
 
 rtc_library("fake_video_codecs") {
@@ -832,10 +835,12 @@ rtc_library("test_common") {
 }
 
 rtc_source_set("test_renderer") {
-  public_deps = [ ":test_renderer_generic" ]  # no-presubmit-check TODO(webrtc:8603)
+  public_deps =  # no-presubmit-check TODO(webrtc:8603)
+      [ ":test_renderer_generic" ]
   testonly = true
   if (is_mac) {
-    public_deps += [ ":test_renderer_objc" ]  # no-presubmit-check TODO(webrtc:8603)
+    public_deps +=  # no-presubmit-check TODO(webrtc:8603)
+        [ ":test_renderer_objc" ]
   }
 }