diff --git a/testing/btest/plugins/zeek-version-link.zeek b/testing/btest/plugins/zeek-version-link.zeek
index 3d973ec54c..d1e06b8d61 100644
--- a/testing/btest/plugins/zeek-version-link.zeek
+++ b/testing/btest/plugins/zeek-version-link.zeek
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # @TEST-DOC: Poking at internals: Expect an undefined zeek_version_X_Y_Z_plugin symbol in the plugin's .so/.dynlib. If this test turns out to be brittle, remove it, but we lost the mechanism.
-# @TEST-REQUIRES: nm --version
 # @TEST-EXEC: ${DIST}/auxil/zeek-aux/plugin-support/init-plugin -u . Demo Foo
 # @TEST-EXEC: cp -r %DIR/pktsrc-plugin/* .
 # @TEST-EXEC: (./configure --zeek-dist=${DIST} && VERBOSE=1 make) >&2