diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/test_common.py b/pandas/tests/io/test_common.py
index d7a21b27308e8..404f5a477187b 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/test_common.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/test_common.py
@@ -141,24 +141,7 @@ def test_read_non_existant(self, reader, module, error_class, fn_ext):
         pytest.importorskip(module)
 
         path = os.path.join(HERE, "data", "does_not_exist." + fn_ext)
-        msg1 = r"File (b')?.+does_not_exist\.{}'? does not exist".format(fn_ext)
-        msg2 = fr"\[Errno 2\] No such file or directory: '.+does_not_exist\.{fn_ext}'"
-        msg3 = "Expected object or value"
-        msg4 = "path_or_buf needs to be a string file path or file-like"
-        msg5 = (
-            fr"\[Errno 2\] File .+does_not_exist\.{fn_ext} does not exist: "
-            fr"'.+does_not_exist\.{fn_ext}'"
-        )
-        msg6 = fr"\[Errno 2\] 没有那个文件或目录: '.+does_not_exist\.{fn_ext}'"
-        msg7 = (
-            fr"\[Errno 2\] File o directory non esistente: '.+does_not_exist\.{fn_ext}'"
-        )
-        msg8 = fr"Failed to open local file.+does_not_exist\.{fn_ext}.?, error: .*"
-
-        with pytest.raises(
-            error_class,
-            match=fr"({msg1}|{msg2}|{msg3}|{msg4}|{msg5}|{msg6}|{msg7}|{msg8})",
-        ):
+        with tm.external_error_raised(error_class):
             reader(path)
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -184,24 +167,7 @@ def test_read_expands_user_home_dir(
         path = os.path.join("~", "does_not_exist." + fn_ext)
         monkeypatch.setattr(icom, "_expand_user", lambda x: os.path.join("foo", x))
 
-        msg1 = fr"File (b')?.+does_not_exist\.{fn_ext}'? does not exist"
-        msg2 = fr"\[Errno 2\] No such file or directory: '.+does_not_exist\.{fn_ext}'"
-        msg3 = "Unexpected character found when decoding 'false'"
-        msg4 = "path_or_buf needs to be a string file path or file-like"
-        msg5 = (
-            fr"\[Errno 2\] File .+does_not_exist\.{fn_ext} does not exist: "
-            fr"'.+does_not_exist\.{fn_ext}'"
-        )
-        msg6 = fr"\[Errno 2\] 没有那个文件或目录: '.+does_not_exist\.{fn_ext}'"
-        msg7 = (
-            fr"\[Errno 2\] File o directory non esistente: '.+does_not_exist\.{fn_ext}'"
-        )
-        msg8 = fr"Failed to open local file.+does_not_exist\.{fn_ext}.?, error: .*"
-
-        with pytest.raises(
-            error_class,
-            match=fr"({msg1}|{msg2}|{msg3}|{msg4}|{msg5}|{msg6}|{msg7}|{msg8})",
-        ):
+        with tm.external_error_raised(error_class):
             reader(path)
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(