diff --git a/tests/test-rename-merge2 b/tests/test-rename-merge2
--- a/tests/test-rename-merge2
+++ b/tests/test-rename-merge2
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ tm()
     echo
 
     cd ..
-    rm -rf t
+    rm -r t
 }
 
 up() {