diff --git a/test/ruby/test_array.rb b/test/ruby/test_array.rb
index 39bf635079..1ff13c7736 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_array.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_array.rb
@@ -1447,6 +1447,8 @@ class TestArray < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal(nil, a.slice!(-6,2))
     assert_equal(@cls[1, 2, 3, 4, 5], a)
 
+    assert_equal("[2, 3]", [1,2,3].slice!(1,10000).inspect, "moved from btest/knownbug")
+
     assert_raise(ArgumentError) { @cls[1].slice! }
     assert_raise(ArgumentError) { @cls[1].slice!(0, 0, 0) }
   end
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_string.rb b/test/ruby/test_string.rb
index 1b23d832f2..3dadc8e04b 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_string.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_string.rb
@@ -1700,7 +1700,6 @@ CODE
 
     assert_equal([], "".split(//, 1))
 
-    assert_equal("[2, 3]", [1,2,3].slice!(1,10000).inspect, "moved from btest/knownbug")
   ensure
     $; = fs
   end