diff --git a/maintainers/flake-module.nix b/maintainers/flake-module.nix
index 57e0f9997..5bafcd640 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/recursive\.sh$''
               ''^tests/functional/referrers\.sh$''
               ''^tests/functional/remote-store\.sh$''
               ''^tests/functional/repair\.sh$''
diff --git a/tests/functional/recursive.sh b/tests/functional/recursive.sh
index 640fb92d2..9115aa775 100755
--- a/tests/functional/recursive.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/recursive.sh
@@ -9,15 +9,16 @@ restartDaemon
 
 clearStore
 
-rm -f $TEST_ROOT/result
+rm -f "$TEST_ROOT"/result
 
-export unreachable=$(nix store add-path ./recursive.sh)
+unreachable=$(nix store add-path ./recursive.sh)
+export unreachable
 
-NIX_BIN_DIR=$(dirname $(type -p nix)) nix --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command recursive-nix' build -o $TEST_ROOT/result -L --impure --file ./recursive.nix
+NIX_BIN_DIR=$(dirname "$(type -p nix)") nix --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command recursive-nix' build -o "$TEST_ROOT"/result -L --impure --file ./recursive.nix
 
-[[ $(cat $TEST_ROOT/result/inner1) =~ blaat ]]
+[[ $(cat "$TEST_ROOT"/result/inner1) =~ blaat ]]
 
 # Make sure the recursively created paths are in the closure.
-nix path-info -r $TEST_ROOT/result | grep foobar
-nix path-info -r $TEST_ROOT/result | grep fnord
-nix path-info -r $TEST_ROOT/result | grep inner1
+nix path-info -r "$TEST_ROOT"/result | grep foobar
+nix path-info -r "$TEST_ROOT"/result | grep fnord
+nix path-info -r "$TEST_ROOT"/result | grep inner1