diff --git a/tests/test-copy2 b/tests/test-copy2
--- a/tests/test-copy2
+++ b/tests/test-copy2
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ hg commit -m1 -d"0 0"
 
 echo "# should show copy"
 hg copy foo bar
-hg debugstate|grep '^copy'
+hg st -C
 
 echo "# shouldn't show copy"
 hg commit -m2 -d"0 0"
-hg debugstate|grep '^copy'
+hg st -C
 
 echo "# should match"
 hg debugindex .hg/store/data/foo.i
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ hg debugrename bar
 
 hg copy -f foo bar
 echo "# should show copy"
-hg debugstate|grep '^copy'
+hg st -C
 hg commit -m3 -d"0 0"
 
 echo "# should show no parents for tip"
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ hg debugindex .hg/store/data/foo.i
 hg debugrename bar
 
 echo "# should show no copies"
-hg debugstate|grep '^copy'
+hg st -C
 
 echo "# copy --after on an added file"
 cp bar baz