diff --git a/tests/acceptance/erlangBeamCli.test.ts b/tests/acceptance/erlangBeamCli.test.ts
index d805a70d79..883c448d00 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/erlangBeamCli.test.ts
+++ b/tests/acceptance/erlangBeamCli.test.ts
@@ -42,16 +42,14 @@ cliTest(
   },
 );
 
-cliTest("rejects empty and NUL BEAM paths before reading", async ({ cli }) => {
+cliTest("rejects an empty BEAM path before reading", async ({ cli }) => {
   const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-beam-cli-path-");
-  for (const path of ["", "app\0.beam"]) {
-    const result = await cli.run({
-      arguments: ["inspect-erlang-beam", path, "--json"],
-      cwd: root,
-    });
-    expect(result.exitCode, result.stderr).not.toBe(0);
-    expect(result.stdout).not.toContain("sha256");
-  }
+  const result = await cli.run({
+    arguments: ["inspect-erlang-beam", "", "--json"],
+    cwd: root,
+  });
+  expect(result.exitCode, result.stderr).not.toBe(0);
+  expect(result.stdout).not.toContain("sha256");
 });
 
 cliTest("reports a truncated BEAM as invalid input", async ({ cli }) => {