diff --git a/tests/test-clone.out b/tests/test-clone.out
--- a/tests/test-clone.out
+++ b/tests/test-clone.out
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 + hg add a
 + hg commit -t test -u test -d '0 0'
 + hg clone . ../b
-cloning by hardlink
 + cd ../b
 + cat a
 a
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ crosschecking files in changesets and ma
 checking files
 1 files, 1 changesets, 1 total revisions
 + hg clone -U . ../c
-cloning by hardlink
 + cd ../c
 + cat a
 cat: a: No such file or directory
@@ -29,7 +27,6 @@ 1 files, 1 changesets, 1 total revisions
 + mkdir ../d
 + cd ../d
 + hg clone ../a
-cloning by hardlink
 + cd a
 + hg cat a
 a