diff --git a/tests/invocation/directory-redirect.err b/tests/invocation/directory-redirect.err
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed2330550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/invocation/directory-redirect.err
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<W> fish: An error occurred while redirecting file '.'
+open: Is a directory
+RC: 1
diff --git a/tests/invocation/directory-redirect.err.SunOS b/tests/invocation/directory-redirect.err.SunOS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3e6b2534
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/invocation/directory-redirect.err.SunOS
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<W> fish: An error occurred while redirecting file '.'
+open: Invalid argument
+RC: 1
diff --git a/tests/invocation/directory-redirect.invoke b/tests/invocation/directory-redirect.invoke
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84a002bea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/invocation/directory-redirect.invoke
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-c 'begin; end > . ; status -b; and echo "status -b returned true after bad redirect on a begin block"'
diff --git a/tests/status.err b/tests/status.err
index 855655277..87e63a330 100644
--- a/tests/status.err
+++ b/tests/status.err
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-<W> fish: An error occurred while redirecting file '.'
-open: Is a directory
 status: Invalid combination of options,
 you cannot do both 'is-interactive' and 'is-login' in the same invocation
 status: Invalid combination of options,
diff --git a/tests/status.in b/tests/status.in
index 008255027..9f33badd6 100644
--- a/tests/status.in
+++ b/tests/status.in
@@ -8,12 +8,6 @@ begin
     or echo '"status -b" unexpectedly returned false inside a begin block'
 end
 
-# Issue #1728
-# Bad file redirection on a block causes `status --is-block` to return 0 forever.
-begin; end >. # . is a directory, it can't be opened for writing
-status -b
-and echo '"status -b" unexpectedly returned true after bad redirect on a begin block'
-
 status -l
 and echo '"status -l" unexpectedly returned true for a non-login shell'