diff --git a/t/t5541-http-push-smart.sh b/t/t5541-http-push-smart.sh
index f8bf533c33..d0211cd8be 100755
--- a/t/t5541-http-push-smart.sh
+++ b/t/t5541-http-push-smart.sh
@@ -36,24 +36,6 @@ test_expect_success 'setup remote repository' '
 
 setup_askpass_helper
 
-cat >exp <<EOF
-GET  /smart/test_repo.git/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack HTTP/1.1 200
-POST /smart/test_repo.git/git-upload-pack HTTP/1.1 200
-EOF
-test_expect_success 'no empty path components' '
-	# In the URL, add a trailing slash, and see if git appends yet another
-	# slash.
-	cd "$ROOT_PATH" &&
-	git clone $HTTPD_URL/smart/test_repo.git/ test_repo_clone &&
-
-	# NEEDSWORK: If the overspecification of the expected result is reduced, we
-	# might be able to run this test in all protocol versions.
-	if test "$GIT_TEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION" = 0
-	then
-		check_access_log exp
-	fi
-'
-
 test_expect_success 'clone remote repository' '
 	rm -rf test_repo_clone &&
 	git clone $HTTPD_URL/smart/test_repo.git test_repo_clone &&
diff --git a/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh b/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh
index bc0719a4fc..10b7e7cda2 100755
--- a/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh
+++ b/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh
@@ -666,4 +666,13 @@ test_expect_success 'push warns or fails when using username:password' '
 	test_line_count -ge 1 warnings
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'no empty path components' '
+	# In the URL, add a trailing slash, and see if git appends yet another
+	# slash.
+	git clone $HTTPD_URL/smart/repo.git/ clone-with-slash &&
+
+	strip_access_log >log &&
+	! grep "//" log
+'
+
 test_done