diff --git a/tests/func/experiments/test_remove.py b/tests/func/experiments/test_remove.py
index c185e93bb5..683980a2d0 100644
--- a/tests/func/experiments/test_remove.py
+++ b/tests/func/experiments/test_remove.py
@@ -252,6 +252,6 @@ def test_keep_selected_by_rev(
     for exp in expected_removed:
         assert scm.get_ref(str(refs[exp])) is None
 
-    for exp in refs:
+    for exp, ref in refs.items():
         if exp not in expected_removed:
-            assert scm.get_ref(str(refs[exp])) is not None
+            assert scm.get_ref(str(ref)) is not None