diff --git a/tests/fetchGit.sh b/tests/fetchGit.sh
index ac23be5c0..9179e2071 100644
--- a/tests/fetchGit.sh
+++ b/tests/fetchGit.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ fi
 
 clearStore
 
-repo=$TEST_ROOT/git
+# Intentionally not in a canonical form
+# See https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/6195
+repo=$TEST_ROOT/./git
 
 export _NIX_FORCE_HTTP=1