diff --git a/maintainers/flake-module.nix b/maintainers/flake-module.nix
index a48f55322..c509eb85b 100644
--- a/maintainers/flake-module.nix
+++ b/maintainers/flake-module.nix
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@
               ''^tests/functional/local-overlay-store/gc\.sh$''
               ''^tests/functional/local-overlay-store/optimise-inner\.sh$''
               ''^tests/functional/local-overlay-store/optimise\.sh$''
-              ''^tests/functional/local-overlay-store/redundant-add-inner\.sh$''
               ''^tests/functional/logging\.sh$''
               ''^tests/functional/misc\.sh$''
               ''^tests/functional/multiple-outputs\.sh$''
diff --git a/tests/functional/local-overlay-store/redundant-add-inner.sh b/tests/functional/local-overlay-store/redundant-add-inner.sh
index e37ef90e5..2be122fc6 100755
--- a/tests/functional/local-overlay-store/redundant-add-inner.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/local-overlay-store/redundant-add-inner.sh
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ mountOverlayfs
 pathInLowerStore=$(nix-store --store "$storeA" --add ../dummy)
 
 # upper layer should not have it
-expect 1 stat $(toRealPath "$storeBTop/nix/store" "$pathInLowerStore")
+expect 1 stat "$(toRealPath "$storeBTop/nix/store" "$pathInLowerStore")"
 
 pathFromB=$(nix-store --store "$storeB" --add ../dummy)
 
-[[ $pathInLowerStore == $pathFromB ]]
+[[ $pathInLowerStore == "$pathFromB" ]]
 
 # lower store should have it from before
-stat $(toRealPath "$storeA/nix/store" "$pathInLowerStore")
+stat "$(toRealPath "$storeA/nix/store" "$pathInLowerStore")"
 
 # upper layer should still not have it (no redundant copy)
-expect 1 stat $(toRealPath "$storeBTop" "$pathInLowerStore")
+expect 1 stat "$(toRealPath "$storeBTop" "$pathInLowerStore")"