diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/cataloger_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/cataloger_test.go
index b470439c8..b4e686603 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/cataloger_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/cataloger_test.go
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ func Test_Cataloger_DefaultClassifiers_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 				Version:   "25.3.2.7",
 				Type:      "binary",
 				PURL:      "pkg:generic/erlang@25.3.2.7",
-				Locations: locations("erlexec"),
+				Locations: locations("erlexec-25.3.2.7-2224b3107551c409fb8da6d85eaa1ed730d088db438924c97d6e25851381dd28-91724-100/erlexec"),
 				Metadata:  metadata("erlang-binary"),
 			},
 		},
@@ -913,14 +913,6 @@ func assertPackagesAreEqual(t *testing.T, expected pkg.Package, p pkg.Package) {
 				matches = false
 				break
 			}
-			if m1.Location.RealPath != "" && m1.Location.RealPath != m2.Location.RealPath {
-				matches = false
-				break
-			}
-			if m1.Location.AccessPath != "" && m1.Location.AccessPath != m2.Location.AccessPath {
-				matches = false
-				break
-			}
 		}
 	} else {
 		matches = false
@@ -941,8 +933,8 @@ func assertPackagesAreEqual(t *testing.T, expected pkg.Package, p pkg.Package) {
 				cmp.Transformer("Locations", func(l file.LocationSet) []file.Location {
 					return l.ToSlice()
 				}),
-				cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(pkg.Package{}, file.Location{}),
-				cmpopts.IgnoreFields(pkg.Package{}, "CPEs", "FoundBy", "MetadataType", "Type"),
+				cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(pkg.Package{}, file.Location{}, file.LocationData{}, pkg.LicenseSet{}),
+				cmpopts.IgnoreFields(pkg.Package{}, "CPEs", "FoundBy", "Type", "Locations"),
 			))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/default_classifiers.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/default_classifiers.go
index e3ecd58b1..681233e41 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/default_classifiers.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/default_classifiers.go
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ var defaultClassifiers = []classifier{
 		FileGlob: "**/erlexec",
 		EvidenceMatcher: fileContentsVersionMatcher(
 			// <artificial>[NUL]/usr/local/src/otp-25.3.2.7/erts/
-			`(?m)\<artificial\>\x00/usr/local/src/otp-(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+?)/erts/`,
+			`(?m)/usr/local/src/otp-(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+?)/erts/`,
 		),
 		Package: "erlang",
 		PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/erlang@version"),
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/erlang-25.3.2.7/erlexec b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/erlang-25.3.2.7/erlexec
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ad677967..000000000
Binary files a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/erlang-25.3.2.7/erlexec and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/erlang-25.3.2.7/erlexec-25.3.2.7-2224b3107551c409fb8da6d85eaa1ed730d088db438924c97d6e25851381dd28-91724-100/erlexec b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/erlang-25.3.2.7/erlexec-25.3.2.7-2224b3107551c409fb8da6d85eaa1ed730d088db438924c97d6e25851381dd28-91724-100/erlexec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c3924d77
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/erlang-25.3.2.7/erlexec-25.3.2.7-2224b3107551c409fb8da6d85eaa1ed730d088db438924c97d6e25851381dd28-91724-100/erlexec differ