diff --git a/maintainers/flake-module.nix b/maintainers/flake-module.nix
index a5360675f..1add49064 100644
--- a/maintainers/flake-module.nix
+++ b/maintainers/flake-module.nix
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@
               ''^tests/functional/db-migration\.sh$''
               ''^tests/functional/debugger\.sh$''
               ''^tests/functional/dependencies\.builder0\.sh$''
-              ''^tests/functional/dependencies\.sh$''
               ''^tests/functional/dump-db\.sh$''
               ''^tests/functional/dyn-drv/build-built-drv\.sh$''
               ''^tests/functional/dyn-drv/common\.sh$''
diff --git a/tests/functional/dependencies.sh b/tests/functional/dependencies.sh
index 972bc5a9b..68c0d3f2e 100755
--- a/tests/functional/dependencies.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/dependencies.sh
@@ -11,22 +11,22 @@ echo "derivation is $drvPath"
 nix-store -q --tree "$drvPath" | grep '───.*builder-dependencies-input-1.sh'
 
 # Test Graphviz graph generation.
-nix-store -q --graph "$drvPath" > $TEST_ROOT/graph
+nix-store -q --graph "$drvPath" > "$TEST_ROOT"/graph
 if test -n "$dot"; then
     # Does it parse?
-    $dot < $TEST_ROOT/graph
+    $dot < "$TEST_ROOT"/graph
 fi
 
 # Test GraphML graph generation
-nix-store -q --graphml "$drvPath" > $TEST_ROOT/graphml
+nix-store -q --graphml "$drvPath" > "$TEST_ROOT"/graphml
 
 outPath=$(nix-store -rvv "$drvPath") || fail "build failed"
 
 # Test Graphviz graph generation.
-nix-store -q --graph "$outPath" > $TEST_ROOT/graph
+nix-store -q --graph "$outPath" > "$TEST_ROOT"/graph
 if test -n "$dot"; then
     # Does it parse?
-    $dot < $TEST_ROOT/graph
+    $dot < "$TEST_ROOT"/graph
 fi
 
 nix-store -q --tree "$outPath" | grep '───.*dependencies-input-2'
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ input2OutPath=$(echo "$deps" | grep "dependencies-input-2")
 nix-store -q --referrers-closure "$input2OutPath" | grep "$outPath"
 
 # Check that the derivers are set properly.
-test $(nix-store -q --deriver "$outPath") = "$drvPath"
+test "$(nix-store -q --deriver "$outPath")" = "$drvPath"
 nix-store -q --deriver "$input2OutPath" | grepQuiet -- "-input-2.drv"
 
 # --valid-derivers returns the currently single valid .drv file