diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c54c473e94f247823487f91d327dcf7a2dcd5b19..31ea9f13bad95866a8069566602573a4c2a5c258 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ git-write-tree
 git-core-*/?*
 gitk-wish
 gitweb/gitweb.cgi
-test-absolute-path
 test-chmtime
 test-date
 test-delta
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ada85686eafc6863357a884691bb62b1e060b194..c1903b68a8b52867fc5f61cef2c6aa039fc11c19 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ endif
 
 ### Testing rules
 
-TEST_PROGRAMS = test-chmtime$X test-genrandom$X test-date$X test-delta$X test-sha1$X test-match-trees$X test-absolute-path$X test-parse-options$X test-path-utils$X
+TEST_PROGRAMS = test-chmtime$X test-genrandom$X test-date$X test-delta$X test-sha1$X test-match-trees$X test-parse-options$X test-path-utils$X
 
 all:: $(TEST_PROGRAMS)
 
diff --git a/t/t0000-basic.sh b/t/t0000-basic.sh
index 690f80ab27fd9ff6d7e145a86eb22c6f87e3cd76..d7cbc5c6dae538fe8c053a2f3760502422615e2c 100755
--- a/t/t0000-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t0000-basic.sh
@@ -301,14 +301,14 @@ test_expect_success 'absolute path works as expected' '
 	mkdir third &&
 	dir="$(cd .git; pwd -P)" &&
 	dir2=third/../second/other/.git &&
-	test "$dir" = "$(test-absolute-path $dir2)" &&
+	test "$dir" = "$(test-path-utils make_absolute_path $dir2)" &&
 	file="$dir"/index &&
-	test "$file" = "$(test-absolute-path $dir2/index)" &&
+	test "$file" = "$(test-path-utils make_absolute_path $dir2/index)" &&
 	basename=blub &&
-	test "$dir/$basename" = "$(cd .git && test-absolute-path "$basename")" &&
+	test "$dir/$basename" = "$(cd .git && test-path-utils make_absolute_path "$basename")" &&
 	ln -s ../first/file .git/syml &&
 	sym="$(cd first; pwd -P)"/file &&
-	test "$sym" = "$(test-absolute-path "$dir2/syml")"
+	test "$sym" = "$(test-path-utils make_absolute_path "$dir2/syml")"
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'very long name in the index handled sanely' '
diff --git a/test-absolute-path.c b/test-absolute-path.c
deleted file mode 100644
index c959ea20d31c205aa1afacd2312dbf190ff22695..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test-absolute-path.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#include "cache.h"
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-	while (argc > 1) {
-		puts(make_absolute_path(argv[1]));
-		argc--;
-		argv++;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
diff --git a/test-path-utils.c b/test-path-utils.c
index 1bd43216f66b7e9395fa343fa174c826e41da3d7..842b58018f7efebf7f92cee117d1a0b50297a12e 100644
--- a/test-path-utils.c
+++ b/test-path-utils.c
@@ -9,5 +9,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		puts(buf);
 	}
 
+	if (argc >= 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "make_absolute_path")) {
+		while (argc > 2) {
+			puts(make_absolute_path(argv[2]));
+			argc--;
+			argv++;
+		}
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }