diff --git a/R/get_statistic.R b/R/get_statistic.R
index b67a488d1..e5e6dd815 100644
--- a/R/get_statistic.R
+++ b/R/get_statistic.R
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ get_statistic.merModList <- function(x, ...) {
 get_statistic.afex_aov <- function(x, ...) {
   out <- data.frame(
     Parameter = rownames(x$anova_table),
-    Statistic = x$anova_table$`F`,
+    Statistic = x$anova_table[["F"]],
     stringsAsFactors = FALSE,
     row.names = NULL
   )
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-coxme.R b/tests/testthat/test-coxme.R
index e211a94e0..8b7082410 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-coxme.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-coxme.R
@@ -183,6 +183,5 @@ withr::with_environment(
       expect_identical(find_statistic(m1), "z-statistic")
       expect_identical(find_statistic(m2), "z-statistic")
     })
-
   }
 )