diff --git a/tests/filerem01.at b/tests/filerem01.at
index bf020538..6a9893a6 100644
--- a/tests/filerem01.at
+++ b/tests/filerem01.at
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ genfile --file dir/file1
 genfile --file dir/sub/file2
 
 genfile --run --checkpoint=3 --unlink dir/file1 -- \
-       tar --blocking-factor=1 --checkpoint=1 --checkpoint-action='sleep=1' \
-       --checkpoint-action='echo' -c -f archive.tar \
+       tar --blocking-factor=1 --checkpoint=1 --checkpoint-action='echo' \
+       --checkpoint-action='sleep=1' -c -f archive.tar \
        --listed-incremental db -v dir >/dev/null
 ],
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