diff --git a/maintainers/flake-module.nix b/maintainers/flake-module.nix
index 24d2e08d4..57e0f9997 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/readfile-context\.sh$''
               ''^tests/functional/recursive\.sh$''
               ''^tests/functional/referrers\.sh$''
               ''^tests/functional/remote-store\.sh$''
diff --git a/tests/functional/readfile-context.sh b/tests/functional/readfile-context.sh
index cb9ef6234..effe483dc 100755
--- a/tests/functional/readfile-context.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/readfile-context.sh
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ clearStore
 outPath=$(nix-build --no-out-link readfile-context.nix)
 
 # Set a GC root.
-ln -s $outPath "$NIX_STATE_DIR/gcroots/foo"
+ln -s "$outPath" "$NIX_STATE_DIR/gcroots/foo"
 
 # Check that file exists.
-[ "$(cat $(cat $outPath))" = "Hello World!" ]
+[ "$(cat "$(cat "$outPath")")" = "Hello World!" ]
 
 nix-collect-garbage
 
 # Check that file still exists.
-[ "$(cat $(cat $outPath))" = "Hello World!" ]
+[ "$(cat "$(cat "$outPath")")" = "Hello World!" ]