diff --git a/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh b/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh
index 4b35e12a73..6ba5daf42e 100755
--- a/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh
+++ b/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh
@@ -262,8 +262,12 @@ test_expect_success 'test "status --recursive"' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
-sed -e "/nested2 /s/.*/+$nested2sha1 nested1\/nested2 (file2~1)/;/sub[1-3]/d" < expect > expect2
-mv -f expect2 expect
+cat > expect <<EOF
+ $nested1sha1 nested1 (heads/master)
++$nested2sha1 nested1/nested2 (file2~1)
+ $nested3sha1 nested1/nested2/nested3 (heads/master)
+ $submodulesha1 nested1/nested2/nested3/submodule (heads/master)
+EOF
 
 test_expect_success 'ensure "status --cached --recursive" preserves the --cached flag' '
 	(