diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_pathchk.rs b/tests/by-util/test_pathchk.rs
index d66ecb9efb..d09c8a2e1e 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_pathchk.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_pathchk.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 use crate::common::util::TestScenario;
 
+#[test]
+fn test_no_args() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .fails()
+        .no_stdout()
+        .stderr_contains("pathchk: missing operand");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_invalid_arg() {
     new_ucmd!().arg("--definitely-invalid").fails().code_is(1);
@@ -11,8 +19,6 @@ fn test_invalid_arg() {
 
 #[test]
 fn test_default_mode() {
-    // test the default mode
-
     // accept some reasonable default
     new_ucmd!().args(&["dir/file"]).succeeds().no_stdout();
 
@@ -48,8 +54,6 @@ fn test_default_mode() {
 
 #[test]
 fn test_posix_mode() {
-    // test the posix mode
-
     // accept some reasonable default
     new_ucmd!().args(&["-p", "dir/file"]).succeeds().no_stdout();
 
@@ -74,8 +78,6 @@ fn test_posix_mode() {
 
 #[test]
 fn test_posix_special() {
-    // test the posix special mode
-
     // accept some reasonable default
     new_ucmd!().args(&["-P", "dir/file"]).succeeds().no_stdout();
 
@@ -115,8 +117,6 @@ fn test_posix_special() {
 
 #[test]
 fn test_posix_all() {
-    // test the posix special mode
-
     // accept some reasonable default
     new_ucmd!()
         .args(&["-p", "-P", "dir/file"])
@@ -164,10 +164,3 @@ fn test_posix_all() {
     // fail on empty path
     new_ucmd!().args(&["-p", "-P", ""]).fails().no_stdout();
 }
-
-#[test]
-fn test_args_parsing() {
-    // fail on no args
-    let empty_args: [String; 0] = [];
-    new_ucmd!().args(&empty_args).fails().no_stdout();
-}