lib/PublicInbox/TestCommon.pm | 4 ++--

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/TestCommon.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/TestCommon.pm
index 56f04bd42e2c20be3531bfb7beb60537e01874a7..16ae26503f7886f9f900d2cee989807aeb1d227d 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/TestCommon.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/TestCommon.pm
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ 	my $orig_io = [];
 	for (my $fd = 0; $fd <= $#io_mode; $fd++) {
 		my $fh = $fhref->[$fd] or next;
 		my ($oldfh, $mode) = @{$io_mode[$fd]};
-		open my $orig, $mode, $oldfh or die "$$oldfh $mode stash: $!";
+		open my $orig, $mode, $oldfh or die "$oldfh $mode stash: $!";
 		$orig_io->[$fd] = $orig;
-		open $oldfh, $mode, $fh or die "$$oldfh $mode redirect: $!";
+		open $oldfh, $mode, $fh or die "$oldfh $mode redirect: $!";
 	}
 	$orig_io;
 }