diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/test/add-rm-pkg-deps.js b/workspaces/arborist/test/add-rm-pkg-deps.js
index 3c6f360b35c19..9fae39922f632 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/test/add-rm-pkg-deps.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/test/add-rm-pkg-deps.js
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ t.test('add', t => {
     saveType: 'optional',
   }), {
     optionalDependencies: { foo: '1' },
-  }, 'move from peerOptional to optional, and adds to dependencies')
+  }, 'move from peerOptional to optional')
 
   t.strictSame(add({
     pkg: {