diff --git a/t/t4118-apply-empty-context.sh b/t/t4118-apply-empty-context.sh
index 314bc6e68d..65f2e4c3ef 100755
--- a/t/t4118-apply-empty-context.sh
+++ b/t/t4118-apply-empty-context.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ test_expect_success setup '
 	cat file2 >file2.orig &&
 	git add file1 file2 &&
 	sed -e "/^B/d" <file1.orig >file1 &&
-	sed -e "/^[BQ]/d" <file2.orig >file2 &&
+	cat file1 > file2 &&
 	echo Q | tr -d "\\012" >>file2 &&
 	cat file1 >file1.mods &&
 	cat file2 >file2.mods &&