diff --git a/maintainers/flake-module.nix b/maintainers/flake-module.nix
index 6b41b291d..492c85bb0 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/nix-collect-garbage-d\.sh$''
               ''^tests/functional/nix-copy-ssh-common\.sh$''
               ''^tests/functional/nix-copy-ssh-ng\.sh$''
               ''^tests/functional/nix-copy-ssh\.sh$''
diff --git a/tests/functional/nix-collect-garbage-d.sh b/tests/functional/nix-collect-garbage-d.sh
index 119efe629..44de90711 100755
--- a/tests/functional/nix-collect-garbage-d.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/nix-collect-garbage-d.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ testCollectGarbageD
 
 # Run the same test, but forcing the profiles an arbitrary location.
 rm ~/.nix-profile
-ln -s $TEST_ROOT/blah ~/.nix-profile
+ln -s "$TEST_ROOT"/blah ~/.nix-profile
 testCollectGarbageD
 
 # Run the same test, but forcing the profiles at their legacy location under