diff --git a/maintainers/flake-module.nix b/maintainers/flake-module.nix
index 711b31ee4..458aaa777 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/selfref-gc\.sh$''
               ''^tests/functional/shell\.shebang\.sh$''
               ''^tests/functional/simple\.builder\.sh$''
               ''^tests/functional/supplementary-groups\.sh$''
diff --git a/tests/functional/selfref-gc.sh b/tests/functional/selfref-gc.sh
index dc4f14cc1..de202a09d 100755
--- a/tests/functional/selfref-gc.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/selfref-gc.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ requireDaemonNewerThan "2.6.0pre20211215"
 
 clearStoreIfPossible
 
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016
 nix-build --no-out-link -E '
   with import '"${config_nix}"';