diff --git a/qpdf/qtest/qpdf.test b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf.test
index 4aacd54..a7a9a9a 100644
--- a/qpdf/qtest/qpdf.test
+++ b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf.test
@@ -1495,7 +1495,6 @@ foreach my $f (@annotation_files)
                       " --flatten-annotations $f.pdf a.pdf"},
                  $exp_out,
                  $td->NORMALIZE_NEWLINES);
-    copy("a.pdf", "$f-out.pdf");
     $td->runtest("check output",
                  {$td->FILE => "a.pdf"},
                  {$td->FILE => "$f-out.pdf"});