diff --git a/tests/testsuite/build_script.rs b/tests/testsuite/build_script.rs
index 3f436870490..c399c98d9aa 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/build_script.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/build_script.rs
@@ -3554,8 +3554,7 @@ fn rename_with_link_search_path() {
     // the `p` project. On OSX the `libfoo.dylib` artifact references the
     // original path in `p` so we want to make sure that it can't find it (hence
     // the deletion).
-    let root = p.root();
-    let root = root.join("target").join("debug").join("deps");
+    let root = p.root().join("target").join("debug").join("deps");
     let file = format!("{}foo{}", env::consts::DLL_PREFIX, env::consts::DLL_SUFFIX);
     let src = root.join(&file);