diff --git a/glib/tests/fileutils.c b/glib/tests/fileutils.c
index a3c1c33d0..f11a855b9 100644
--- a/glib/tests/fileutils.c
+++ b/glib/tests/fileutils.c
@@ -834,6 +834,67 @@ test_basename (void)
   g_free (b);
 }
 
+static void
+test_dirname (void)
+{
+  gsize i;
+  struct {
+    const gchar *filename;
+    const gchar *dirname;
+  } dirname_checks[] = {
+    { "/", "/" },
+    { "////", "/" },
+    { ".////", "." },
+    { ".", "." },
+    { "..", "." },
+    { "../", ".." },
+    { "..////", ".." },
+    { "", "." },
+    { "a/b", "a" },
+    { "a/b/", "a/b" },
+    { "c///", "c" },
+    { "/a/b", "/a" },
+    { "/a/b/", "/a/b" },
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+    { "\\", "\\" },
+    { ".\\\\\\\\", "." },
+    { ".\\/\\/", "." },
+    { ".", "." },
+    { "..", "." },
+    { "..\\", ".." },
+    { "..\\\\\\\\", ".." },
+    { "..\\//\\", ".." },
+    { "", "." },
+    { "a\\b", "a" },
+    { "a\\b\\", "a\\b" },
+    { "\\a\\b", "\\a" },
+    { "\\a\\b\\", "\\a\\b" },
+    { "c\\\\\\", "c" },
+    { "c/\\\\", "c" },
+    { "a:", "a:." },
+    { "a:foo", "a:." },
+    { "a:foo\\bar", "a:foo" },
+    { "a:/foo", "a:/" },
+    { "a:/foo/bar", "a:/foo" },
+    { "a:/", "a:/" },
+    { "a://", "a:/" },
+    { "a:\\foo", "a:\\" },
+    { "a:\\", "a:\\" },
+    { "a:\\\\", "a:\\" },
+    { "a:\\/", "a:\\" },
+#endif
+  };
+
+  for (i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS (dirname_checks); i++)
+    {
+      gchar *dirname;
+
+      dirname = g_path_get_dirname (dirname_checks[i].filename);
+      g_assert_cmpstr (dirname, ==, dirname_checks[i].dirname);
+      g_free (dirname);
+    }
+}
+
 static void
 test_dir_make_tmp (void)
 {
@@ -1839,6 +1900,7 @@ main (int   argc,
   g_test_add_func ("/fileutils/format-size-for-display", test_format_size_for_display);
   g_test_add_func ("/fileutils/errors", test_file_errors);
   g_test_add_func ("/fileutils/basename", test_basename);
+  g_test_add_func ("/fileutils/dirname", test_dirname);
   g_test_add_func ("/fileutils/dir-make-tmp", test_dir_make_tmp);
   g_test_add_func ("/fileutils/file-open-tmp", test_file_open_tmp);
   g_test_add_func ("/fileutils/mkstemp", test_mkstemp);
diff --git a/tests/dirname-test.c b/tests/dirname-test.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 81c55d56d..000000000
--- a/tests/dirname-test.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-/* GLIB - Library of useful routines for C programming
- * Copyright (C) 1995-1997  Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball and Josh MacDonald
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-/*
- * Modified by the GLib Team and others 1997-2000.  See the AUTHORS
- * file for a list of people on the GLib Team.  See the ChangeLog
- * files for a list of changes.  These files are distributed with
- * GLib at ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/. 
- */
-
-#undef G_DISABLE_ASSERT
-#undef G_LOG_DOMAIN
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include "glib.h"
-
-int array[10000];
-gboolean failed = FALSE;
-
-#define	TEST(m,cond)	G_STMT_START { failed = !(cond); \
-if (failed) \
-  { if (!m) \
-      g_print ("\n(%s:%d) failed for: %s\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, ( # cond )); \
-    else \
-      g_print ("\n(%s:%d) failed for: %s: (%s)\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, ( # cond ), (gchar*)m); \
-  } \
-else \
-  g_print ("."); fflush (stdout); \
-} G_STMT_END
-
-#define	C2P(c)		((gpointer) ((long) (c)))
-#define	P2C(p)		((gchar) ((long) (p)))
-
-#define GLIB_TEST_STRING "el dorado "
-#define GLIB_TEST_STRING_5 "el do"
-
-int
-main (int   argc,
-      char *argv[])
-{
-  gsize i;
-  struct {
-    gchar *filename;
-    gchar *dirname;
-  } dirname_checks[] = {
-    { "/", "/" },
-    { "////", "/" },
-    { ".////", "." },
-    { ".", "." },
-    { "..", "." },
-    { "../", ".." },
-    { "..////", ".." },
-    { "", "." },
-    { "a/b", "a" },
-    { "a/b/", "a/b" },
-    { "c///", "c" },
-    { "/a/b", "/a" },
-    { "/a/b/", "/a/b" },
-#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
-    { "\\", "\\" },
-    { ".\\\\\\\\", "." },
-    { ".\\/\\/", "." },
-    { ".", "." },
-    { "..", "." },
-    { "..\\", ".." },
-    { "..\\\\\\\\", ".." },
-    { "..\\//\\", ".." },
-    { "", "." },
-    { "a\\b", "a" },
-    { "a\\b\\", "a\\b" },
-    { "\\a\\b", "\\a" },
-    { "\\a\\b\\", "\\a\\b" },
-    { "c\\\\\\", "c" },
-    { "c/\\\\", "c" },
-    { "a:", "a:." },
-    { "a:foo", "a:." },
-    { "a:foo\\bar", "a:foo" },
-    { "a:/foo", "a:/" },
-    { "a:/foo/bar", "a:/foo" },
-    { "a:/", "a:/" },
-    { "a://", "a:/" },
-    { "a:\\foo", "a:\\" },
-    { "a:\\", "a:\\" },
-    { "a:\\\\", "a:\\" },
-    { "a:\\/", "a:\\" },
-#endif
-  };
-
-  for (i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS (dirname_checks); i++)
-    {
-      gchar *dirname;
-
-      dirname = g_path_get_dirname (dirname_checks[i].filename);
-      if (strcmp (dirname, dirname_checks[i].dirname) != 0)
-	g_error ("%s returned %s, should return %s",
-		 dirname_checks[i].filename, dirname,
-		 dirname_checks[i].dirname);
-      g_free (dirname);
-    }
-
-  return 0;
-}
diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
index 0f120edee..9bb97fd5e 100644
--- a/tests/meson.build
+++ b/tests/meson.build
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ subdir('refcount')
 tests = {
   'testglib' : {'tap' : true},
   'testgdate' : {},
-  'dirname-test' : {},
   'file-test' : {},
   'env-test' : {},
   'gio-test' : {},