diff --git a/tests/expansion.in b/tests/expansion.in
index 961d811fe..830a1197e 100644
--- a/tests/expansion.in
+++ b/tests/expansion.in
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ set expandedtilde (env HOME=$tmpdir/linkhome ../test/root/bin/fish -c 'echo ~')
 if test $expandedtilde != $tmpdir/linkhome
 	echo '~ expands to' $expandedtilde ' - expected ' $tmpdir/linkhome
 end
-unlink $tmpdir/linkhome
+rm $tmpdir/linkhome
 rmdir $tmpdir/realhome
 rmdir $tmpdir