diff --git a/tests/test_deploy b/tests/test_deploy
index a70dabc5e..eab154ecb 100755
--- a/tests/test_deploy
+++ b/tests/test_deploy
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set -e
 SELF=`which $0`; APP="$1"; TARGET="$2"
 TMP=$(mktemp -d -t "$TARGET.XXXXX")
 trap "rm -rf $TMP" EXIT
-cp -r $(dirname $SELF)/$APP/* $TMP
+rmdir $TMP && cp -r $(dirname $SELF)/$APP $TMP
 cd $TMP
 git init
 git config user.email "robot@example.com"