diff --git a/testing/btest/scripts/base/utils/dir.test b/testing/btest/scripts/base/utils/dir.test
index 6043d54289..7fc9b7389c 100644
--- a/testing/btest/scripts/base/utils/dir.test
+++ b/testing/btest/scripts/base/utils/dir.test
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # @TEST-EXEC: $SCRIPTS/wait-for-file zeek/next2 10 || (btest-bg-wait -k 1 && false)
 # @TEST-EXEC: touch testdir/bye
 # @TEST-EXEC: btest-bg-wait 20
-# @TEST-EXEC: touch testdir/newone
 # @TEST-EXEC: btest-diff zeek/.stdout
 
 @TEST-START-FILE dirtest.zeek