diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt b/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt
index 600ca06fcdf3a..b6c9a1b6e4b13 100644
--- a/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt
+++ b/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ run-make/symbol-visibility/Makefile
 run-make/symbols-include-type-name/Makefile
 run-make/symlinked-extern/Makefile
 run-make/symlinked-libraries/Makefile
-run-make/symlinked-rlib/Makefile
 run-make/sysroot-crates-are-unstable/Makefile
 run-make/target-cpu-native/Makefile
 run-make/target-specs/Makefile
diff --git a/tests/run-make/symlinked-rlib/Makefile b/tests/run-make/symlinked-rlib/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index a8565f683c3e8..0000000000000
--- a/tests/run-make/symlinked-rlib/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# ignore-cross-compile
-include ../tools.mk
-
-# ignore-windows
-# `ln` is actually `cp` on msys.
-
-all:
-	$(RUSTC) foo.rs --crate-type=rlib -o $(TMPDIR)/foo.xxx
-	ln -nsf $(TMPDIR)/foo.xxx $(TMPDIR)/libfoo.rlib
-	$(RUSTC) bar.rs -L $(TMPDIR)
diff --git a/tests/run-make/symlinked-rlib/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/symlinked-rlib/rmake.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..670a50a440790
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-make/symlinked-rlib/rmake.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+//@ ignore-cross-compile
+// `ln` is actually `cp` on msys.
+//@ ignore-windows
+
+use run_make_support::{rustc, tmp_dir};
+use std::process::Command;
+
+fn main() {
+    let out = tmp_dir().join("foo.xxx");
+
+    rustc().input("foo.rs").crate_type("rlib").output(&out).run();
+    let output = Command::new("ln")
+        .arg("-nsf")
+        .arg(out)
+        .arg(tmp_dir().join("libfoo.rlib"))
+        .output()
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(output.status.success());
+    rustc().input("bar.rs").library_search_path(tmp_dir()).run();
+}