diff --git a/tests/frank_large_unit.bats b/tests/frank_large_unit.bats
index 0f40820..0b6be28 100755
--- a/tests/frank_large_unit.bats
+++ b/tests/frank_large_unit.bats
@@ -262,9 +262,10 @@ argv_value() {
     grep -q 'retire_halogen_large_quadlet' "$REMOTE_DEPLOY"
     grep -q 'HOME/.AGENTTRASH' "$REMOTE_DEPLOY"
     ! grep -qE '(^|[^[:alnum:]_])rm (-[a-zA-Z]+ )?.*frank-large' "$REMOTE_DEPLOY"
-    # Nothing live ships for this endpoint as a container any more; the
-    # archived copy is host state in an ignored .AGENTTRASH, not a tracked
-    # file.
+    # Nothing live ships for this endpoint as a container any more. The
+    # archived copy is host state in an ignored .AGENTTRASH — deliberately
+    # untracked, and present only in a primary checkout — so search the
+    # tracked tree, not the filesystem.
     [ ! -e "$REPO_ROOT/dankclaw/frank-large/quadlet/frank-large.container" ]
-    ! grep -rq 'Image=.*halogen' "$REPO_ROOT/dankclaw"
+    ! git -C "$REPO_ROOT" grep -q 'Image=.*halogen' -- dankclaw
 }