diff --git a/t/t0600-reffiles-backend.sh b/t/t0600-reffiles-backend.sh
index 0d6ec020b3..630b8ee11b 100755
--- a/t/t0600-reffiles-backend.sh
+++ b/t/t0600-reffiles-backend.sh
@@ -359,4 +359,9 @@ test_expect_success 'empty reflog' '
 	test_must_be_empty err
 '
 
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'ref resolution not confused by broken symlinks' '
+       ln -s does-not-exist .git/refs/heads/broken &&
+       test_must_fail git rev-parse --verify broken
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t1503-rev-parse-verify.sh b/t/t1503-rev-parse-verify.sh
index bc136833c1..79df65ec7f 100755
--- a/t/t1503-rev-parse-verify.sh
+++ b/t/t1503-rev-parse-verify.sh
@@ -144,11 +144,6 @@ test_expect_success 'main@{n} for various n' '
 	test_must_fail git rev-parse --verify main@{$Np1}
 '
 
-test_expect_success SYMLINKS,REFFILES 'ref resolution not confused by broken symlinks' '
-	ln -s does-not-exist .git/refs/heads/broken &&
-	test_must_fail git rev-parse --verify broken
-'
-
 test_expect_success 'options can appear after --verify' '
 	git rev-parse --verify HEAD >expect &&
 	git rev-parse --verify -q HEAD >actual &&