t/git.t | 5 +++--

diff --git a/t/git.t b/t/git.t
index 50ec4fbfc582d518986ad54f112ebca8f04a9451..052e1cece4b63c32b960c5c334876dd39ab0e399 100644
--- a/t/git.t
+++ b/t/git.t
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ 	is($$found, $config, 'alternates reloaded');
 }
 
 use_ok 'PublicInbox::Git', qw(git_unquote);
-is("foo\nbar", git_unquote('"foo\\nbar"'.''), 'unquoted newline');
-is("Eléanor", git_unquote('"El\\303\\251anor"'.''), 'unquoted octal');
+my $s;
+is("foo\nbar", git_unquote($s = '"foo\\nbar"'), 'unquoted newline');
+is("Eléanor", git_unquote($s = '"El\\303\\251anor"'), 'unquoted octal');
 
 done_testing();