diff --git a/modules/libcom/test/readlineTest.c b/modules/libcom/test/readlineTest.c
index 4e8b614da..5ce0c0627 100644
--- a/modules/libcom/test/readlineTest.c
+++ b/modules/libcom/test/readlineTest.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ MAIN(readlineTest)
     const char *input = ".." OSI_PATH_SEPARATOR "multiline-input.txt";
     const char *expect = ".." OSI_PATH_SEPARATOR "multiline-expect.txt";
 
-    testPlan(9);
+    testPlan(8);
 
     testDiag("open input file \"%s\"", input);
     FILE *fp_input = fopen(input, "r");