diff --git a/basis/tools/deploy/deploy-tests.factor b/basis/tools/deploy/deploy-tests.factor
index 213267a69b..f5f1719134 100644
--- a/basis/tools/deploy/deploy-tests.factor
+++ b/basis/tools/deploy/deploy-tests.factor
@@ -158,9 +158,10 @@ os macosx? [
     test-image-path =
 ] unit-test
 
-{ } [ "resource:LICENSE.txt" "license.txt" temp-file copy-file ] unit-test
-
-{ } [ "tools.deploy.test.19" shake-and-bake run-temp-image ] unit-test
+{ } [
+    "resource:LICENSE.txt" "local-license.txt" temp-file copy-file
+    "tools.deploy.test.19" shake-and-bake run-temp-image
+] unit-test
 
 { } [ "tools.deploy.test.20" shake-and-bake ] unit-test
 
diff --git a/basis/tools/deploy/test/19/19.factor b/basis/tools/deploy/test/19/19.factor
index 3e67b3df88..9b698326c4 100644
--- a/basis/tools/deploy/test/19/19.factor
+++ b/basis/tools/deploy/test/19/19.factor
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ USING: io io.files io.encodings.ascii ;
 IN: tools.deploy.test.19
 
 : main ( -- )
-    ! make sure to test vocab: paths
-    ! this particular license.txt is a copy in this subdir
-    "vocab:license.txt" ascii file-contents write ;
+    ! make sure to test vocab: paths. This file is a copy of Factors
+    ! LICENSE.txt.
+    "vocab:local-license.txt" ascii file-contents write ;
 
 MAIN: main
diff --git a/basis/tools/deploy/test/19/resources.txt b/basis/tools/deploy/test/19/resources.txt
index 8f961ef997..3091a45886 100644
--- a/basis/tools/deploy/test/19/resources.txt
+++ b/basis/tools/deploy/test/19/resources.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-license.txt
+local-license.txt