diff --git a/test/mail_lmtp_ip.bats b/test/mail_lmtp_ip.bats
index 8fb7399c..4ec82e03 100644
--- a/test/mail_lmtp_ip.bats
+++ b/test/mail_lmtp_ip.bats
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ teardown_file() {
   assert_success
   
   # polling needs to avoid wc -l's unconditionally successful return status
-  repeat_until_success_or_timeout 60 run docker exec mail_lmtp_ip /bin/sh -c "grep 'postfix/lmtp' /var/log/mail/mail.log | grep 'status=sent' | grep ' Saved)'"
+  repeat_until_success_or_timeout 60 docker exec mail_lmtp_ip /bin/sh -c "grep 'postfix/lmtp' /var/log/mail/mail.log | grep 'status=sent' | grep ' Saved)'"
   run docker exec mail_lmtp_ip /bin/sh -c "grep 'postfix/lmtp' /var/log/mail/mail.log | grep 'status=sent' | grep ' Saved)' | wc -l"
   assert_success
   assert_output 1