diff --git a/t/t3903-stash.sh b/t/t3903-stash.sh
index 34faeac3f1..3319240515 100755
--- a/t/t3903-stash.sh
+++ b/t/t3903-stash.sh
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ test_expect_success 'drop stash reflog updates refs/stash' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
-test_expect_success REFFILES 'drop stash reflog updates refs/stash with rewrite' '
+test_expect_success 'drop stash reflog updates refs/stash with rewrite' '
 	git init repo &&
 	(
 		cd repo &&
@@ -213,16 +213,16 @@ test_expect_success REFFILES 'drop stash reflog updates refs/stash with rewrite'
 	new_oid="$(git -C repo rev-parse stash@{0})" &&
 
 	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
-	$(test_oid zero) $old_oid
-	$old_oid $new_oid
+	$new_oid
+	$old_oid
 	EOF
-	cut -d" " -f1-2 repo/.git/logs/refs/stash >actual &&
+	git -C repo reflog show refs/stash --format=%H >actual &&
 	test_cmp expect actual &&
 
 	git -C repo stash drop stash@{1} &&
-	cut -d" " -f1-2 repo/.git/logs/refs/stash >actual &&
+	git -C repo reflog show refs/stash --format=%H >actual &&
 	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
-	$(test_oid zero) $new_oid
+	$new_oid
 	EOF
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '