diff --git a/test/toplevel-perms.sh b/test/toplevel-perms.sh
index b0ec8560..71584aed 100755
--- a/test/toplevel-perms.sh
+++ b/test/toplevel-perms.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ cd "$try_workspace" || return 9
 touch test
 
 cmd="$(mktemp)"
-echo "find / -maxdepth 1 -print0 | xargs -0 ls -ld | awk '{print substr(\$1, 1, 10), \$3, \$4, \$9, \$10, \$11}' | grep -v 'proc' | grep -v 'swap'" > "$cmd"
+echo "find / -maxdepth 1 -type d -print0 | xargs -0 ls -ld | awk '{print substr(\$1, 1, 10), \$9, \$10, \$11}' | grep -v '/proc' " > "$cmd"
 
 # Set up expected output
 expected="$(mktemp)"