diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/test/references/apath.txt b/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/test/references/apath.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1258b0506057
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/test/references/apath.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Just some text
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/test/references/samples.nix b/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/test/references/samples.nix
index 3afb970c08ae..5bafdcd8e7d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/test/references/samples.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/test/references/samples.nix
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
   norefsDup = writeText "hi" "hello";
   helloRef = writeText "hi" "hello ${hello}";
   helloRefDup = writeText "hi" "hello ${hello}";
-  path = ./samples.nix;
-  pathLike.outPath = ./samples.nix;
+  path = ./apath.txt;
+  pathLike.outPath = ./apath.txt;
   helloFigletRef = writeText "hi" "hello ${hello} ${figlet}";
   selfRef = runCommand "self-ref-1" { } "echo $out >$out";
   selfRef2 = runCommand "self-ref-2" { } ''echo "${figlet}, $out" >$out'';