diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index f5820d15..2afc3727 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -174,9 +174,6 @@ asan:
 	@echo '## rebuilding for ASAN'
 	./configure CFLAGS="-fsanitize=address,undefined -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Werror=array-bounds -g" CXXFLAGS="-fsanitize=address,undefined -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Werror=array-bounds -g" LDFLAGS="-fsanitize=address,undefined" CC="clang" CXX="clang++" --disable-shared ; OptimOff  ; $(MAKE) clean ; $(MAKE)
 
-clean-local:
-	rm -f missing.xml # created by testapi
-
 # Old test suite. This should be ported to C.
 tests: $(TEST_DEBUG) $(TEST_CATALOG) $(TEST_REGEXPS) $(TEST_SCHEMATRON) Timingtests $(TEST_VTIME) $(PYTHON_TESTS)
 
diff --git a/testapi.c b/testapi.c
index db968cd9..c37cc23a 100644
--- a/testapi.c
+++ b/testapi.c
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ static void des_eaten_name(int no ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, xmlChar *val ATTRIBUTE_UNUSE
 #define gen_nb_fileoutput 6
 
 static const char *gen_fileoutput(int no, int nr ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED) {
-    if (no == 0) return("missing.xml");
+    if (no == 0) return("missing/dir/missing.xml");
     if (no == 1) return("<foo/>");
     if (no == 2) return(REMOTE2GOOD);
     if (no == 3) return(REMOTE1GOOD);