diff --git a/tests/test-dispatch b/tests/test-dispatch
--- a/tests/test-dispatch
+++ b/tests/test-dispatch
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ EOF
 hg cat a
 
 echo '% working directory removed'
-rm -rf $dir/a
-hg --version
+sh -c "cd $dir && rm -rf a"
+hg --version 2>&1 | sed -e 's,\(abort:.*:\).*$,\1 ...,g'
 
 echo '% no repo'
 cd $dir
diff --git a/tests/test-dispatch.out b/tests/test-dispatch.out
--- a/tests/test-dispatch.out
+++ b/tests/test-dispatch.out
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ use "hg -v help cat" to show global opti
 a
 a: No such file in rev 000000000000
 % working directory removed
-abort: error getting current working directory: No such file or directory
+abort: error getting current working directory: ...
 % no repo
 abort: There is no Mercurial repository here (.hg not found)!