diff --git a/maintainers/flake-module.nix b/maintainers/flake-module.nix
index 8c84d0517..a3e126d3f 100644
--- a/maintainers/flake-module.nix
+++ b/maintainers/flake-module.nix
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@
             enable = true;
             excludes = [
               # We haven't linted these files yet
-              ''^tests/functional/flakes/prefetch\.sh$''
               ''^tests/functional/flakes/run\.sh$''
               ''^tests/functional/flakes/show\.sh$''
               ''^tests/functional/formatter\.sh$''
diff --git a/tests/functional/flakes/prefetch.sh b/tests/functional/flakes/prefetch.sh
index a451b7120..999270c1e 100755
--- a/tests/functional/flakes/prefetch.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/flakes/prefetch.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 source common.sh
 
 # Test symlinks in zip files (#10649).
-path=$(nix flake prefetch --json file://$(pwd)/tree.zip | jq -r .storePath)
-[[ $(cat $path/foo) = foo ]]
-[[ $(readlink $path/bar) = foo ]]
+path=$(nix flake prefetch --json file://"$(pwd)"/tree.zip | jq -r .storePath)
+[[ $(cat "$path"/foo) = foo ]]
+[[ $(readlink "$path"/bar) = foo ]]