diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh
index 22b6ed4a784192bb865dff83731255b1979a1e39..ea59015baa2507fdc8fe77d1c77ebdb2d5db2fa7 100755
--- a/git-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/git-filter-branch.sh
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ while read commit parents; do
 			die "Could not checkout the index"
 		# files that $commit removed are now still in the working tree;
 		# remove them, else they would be added again
-		git clean -q -f -x
+		git clean -d -q -f -x
 		eval "$filter_tree" < /dev/null ||
 			die "tree filter failed: $filter_tree"
 
diff --git a/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh b/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh
index 53b5ce605e424172fc3fb40624d8abcabf67b631..efd658adb6d6327863f430b10ab65aa3f112f996 100755
--- a/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ test_expect_success 'rewrite, renaming a specific directory' '
 	git-filter-branch -f --tree-filter "mv dir diroh || :" HEAD
 '
 
-test_expect_failure 'test that the directory was renamed' '
+test_expect_success 'test that the directory was renamed' '
 	test dir/d = "$(git show HEAD:diroh/d --)" &&
 	! test -d dir &&
 	test -d diroh &&