diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt b/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt
index 9b879f33778fd..3f4fceccab068 100644
--- a/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt
+++ b/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ run-make/no-alloc-shim/Makefile
 run-make/no-builtins-attribute/Makefile
 run-make/no-builtins-lto/Makefile
 run-make/no-duplicate-libs/Makefile
-run-make/no-intermediate-extras/Makefile
 run-make/obey-crate-type-flag/Makefile
 run-make/optimization-remarks-dir-pgo/Makefile
 run-make/optimization-remarks-dir/Makefile
diff --git a/tests/run-make/no-intermediate-extras/Makefile b/tests/run-make/no-intermediate-extras/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 83b5cedcf2a65..0000000000000
--- a/tests/run-make/no-intermediate-extras/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# ignore-cross-compile
-# Regression test for issue #10973
-
-include ../tools.mk
-
-all:
-	$(RUSTC) --crate-type=rlib --test foo.rs
-	rm $(TMPDIR)/foo.bc && exit 1 || exit 0
diff --git a/tests/run-make/no-intermediate-extras/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/no-intermediate-extras/rmake.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..19479e3bd5b5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-make/no-intermediate-extras/rmake.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// When using the --test flag with an rlib, this used to generate
+// an unwanted .bc file, which should not exist. This test checks
+// that the bug causing the generation of this file has not returned.
+// See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/10973
+
+//@ ignore-cross-compile
+
+use run_make_support::{rustc, tmp_dir};
+use std::fs;
+
+fn main() {
+    rustc().crate_type("rlib").arg("--test").input("foo.rs").run();
+    assert!(
+        fs::remove_file(tmp_dir().join("foo.bc")).is_err(),
+        "An unwanted .bc file was created by run-make/no-intermediate-extras."
+    );
+}