diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/t/001_basic.pl b/src/bin/pg_dump/t/001_basic.pl
index 59b77214c67..1dad5537398 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/t/001_basic.pl
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/t/001_basic.pl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use warnings;
 use Config;
 use PostgresNode;
 use TestLib;
-use Test::More tests => 74;
+use Test::More tests => 72;
 
 my $tempdir       = TestLib::tempdir;
 my $tempdir_short = TestLib::tempdir_short;
@@ -151,11 +151,6 @@ command_fails_like(
 	'pg_restore: options -C\/--create and -1\/--single-transaction cannot be used together'
 );
 
-command_fails_like(
-	[ 'pg_dumpall', '--exclude-database' ],
-	qr/\Qpg_dumpall: option '--exclude-database' requires an argument\E/,
-	'pg_dumpall: option --exclude-database requires an argument');
-
 # also fails for -r and -t, but it seems pointless to add more tests for those.
 command_fails_like(
 	[ 'pg_dumpall', '--exclude-database=foo', '--globals-only' ],