diff --git a/t/t3600-rm.sh b/t/t3600-rm.sh
index 3d305814b9..95cf63fe60 100755
--- a/t/t3600-rm.sh
+++ b/t/t3600-rm.sh
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ test_expect_success 'checking out a commit after submodule removal needs manual
 	git commit -m "submodule removal" submod &&
 	git checkout HEAD^ &&
 	git submodule update &&
-	git checkout -q HEAD^ 2>actual &&
+	git checkout -q HEAD^ &&
 	git checkout -q master 2>actual &&
 	echo "warning: unable to rmdir submod: Directory not empty" >expected &&
 	test_i18ncmp expected actual &&