diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2e14561fe..5f402dbc3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ perl/Makefile.config
 # /tests/
 /tests/test-tmp
 /tests/common.sh
-/tests/dummy
 /tests/result*
 /tests/restricted-innocent
 /tests/shell
diff --git a/tests/dummy b/tests/dummy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..557db03de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dummy
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hello World
diff --git a/tests/init.sh b/tests/init.sh
index 1a6ccb6fe..6e45a939f 100644
--- a/tests/init.sh
+++ b/tests/init.sh
@@ -35,5 +35,3 @@ nix-store --init
 
 # Did anything happen?
 test -e "$NIX_STATE_DIR"/db/db.sqlite
-
-echo 'Hello World' > ./dummy