diff --git a/test/add.t b/test/add.t
index 78bd7be2e..070c07048 100755
--- a/test/add.t
+++ b/test/add.t
@@ -95,6 +95,18 @@ class TestAdd(TestCase):
         self.assertIn("one 'two' three", out)
         self.assertIn("four \"five\" six", out)
 
+    def test_extra_space_in_path(self):
+        """Test that path-like args are preserved
+
+           Bug 884: Extra space in path name.
+        """
+        self.t("add /one/two/three/")
+        self.t("add '/four/five/six/'")
+
+        code, out, err = self.t("ls")
+        self.assertIn("/one/two/three/", out)
+        self.assertIn("/four/five/six/", out)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     from simpletap import TAPTestRunner
diff --git a/test/bug.884.t b/test/bug.884.t
deleted file mode 100755
index 26d065967..000000000
--- a/test/bug.884.t
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env perl
-################################################################################
-##
-## Copyright 2006 - 2015, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez.
-##
-## Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-## of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-## in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-## to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-## copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-## furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-##
-## The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
-## in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-##
-## THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
-## OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-## FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
-## THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-## LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-## OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-## SOFTWARE.
-##
-## http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
-##
-################################################################################
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-use Test::More tests => 2;
-
-# Ensure environment has no influence.
-delete $ENV{'TASKDATA'};
-delete $ENV{'TASKRC'};
-
-use File::Basename;
-my $ut = basename ($0);
-my $rc = $ut . '.rc';
-
-# Create the rc file.
-if (open my $fh, '>', $rc)
-{
-  print $fh "data.location=.\n";
-  close $fh;
-}
-
-# Bug 884: Extra space in path name.
-qx{../src/task rc:$rc add /one/two/three/ 2>&1};
-qx{../src/task rc:$rc add \\'/four/five/six/\\' 2>&1};
-my $output = qx{../src/task rc:$rc ls 2>&1};
-
-#like ($output, qr/\/one\/two\/three\//, "/one/two/three/ --> preserved");
-pass ("/$ut: one/two/three/ --> preserved -- TEST SKIPPED --");
-
-like ($output, qr/\/four\/five\/six\//, "$ut: /four/five/six/ --> preserved");
-
-# Cleanup.
-unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data), $rc;
-exit 0;
-