diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt b/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt
index b248b96d8e1..a67474d998f 100644
--- a/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt
+++ b/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ run-make/libtest-json/Makefile
 run-make/libtest-junit/Makefile
 run-make/libtest-thread-limit/Makefile
 run-make/long-linker-command-lines-cmd-exe/Makefile
-run-make/long-linker-command-lines/Makefile
 run-make/macos-deployment-target/Makefile
 run-make/min-global-align/Makefile
 run-make/native-link-modifier-bundle/Makefile
diff --git a/tests/run-make/long-linker-command-lines/Makefile b/tests/run-make/long-linker-command-lines/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index b573038e344..00000000000
--- a/tests/run-make/long-linker-command-lines/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# ignore-cross-compile
-include ../tools.mk
-
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH := $(HOST_RPATH_DIR)
-
-all:
-	$(RUSTC) foo.rs -g -O
-	RUSTC="$(RUSTC_ORIGINAL)" $(call RUN,foo)
diff --git a/tests/run-make/long-linker-command-lines/foo.rs b/tests/run-make/long-linker-command-lines/foo.rs
index 9d4a701ad87..4f0ff30e3c0 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/long-linker-command-lines/foo.rs
+++ b/tests/run-make/long-linker-command-lines/foo.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
-// This is a test which attempts to blow out the system limit with how many
-// arguments can be passed to a process. This'll successively call rustc with
-// larger and larger argument lists in an attempt to find one that's way too
-// big for the system at hand. This file itself is then used as a "linker" to
-// detect when the process creation succeeds.
-//
-// Eventually we should see an argument that looks like `@` as we switch from
-// passing literal arguments to passing everything in the file.
-
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::env;
 use std::fs::{self, File};
@@ -43,8 +34,7 @@ fn read_linker_args(path: &Path) -> String {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    let tmpdir = PathBuf::from(env::var_os("TMPDIR").unwrap());
-    let ok = tmpdir.join("ok");
+    let ok = PathBuf::from("ok");
     if env::var("YOU_ARE_A_LINKER").is_ok() {
         if let Some(file) = env::args_os().find(|a| a.to_string_lossy().contains("@")) {
             let file = file.to_str().expect("non-utf8 file argument");
@@ -57,7 +47,7 @@ fn main() {
     let me_as_linker = format!("linker={}", env::current_exe().unwrap().display());
     for i in (1..).map(|i| i * 100) {
         println!("attempt: {}", i);
-        let file = tmpdir.join("bar.rs");
+        let file = PathBuf::from("bar.rs");
         let mut expected_libs = write_test_case(&file, i);
 
         drop(fs::remove_file(&ok));
@@ -65,8 +55,6 @@ fn main() {
             .arg(&file)
             .arg("-C")
             .arg(&me_as_linker)
-            .arg("--out-dir")
-            .arg(&tmpdir)
             .env("YOU_ARE_A_LINKER", "1")
             .output()
             .unwrap();
diff --git a/tests/run-make/long-linker-command-lines/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/long-linker-command-lines/rmake.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e832d7f03e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-make/long-linker-command-lines/rmake.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// This is a test which attempts to blow out the system limit with how many
+// arguments can be passed to a process. This'll successively call rustc with
+// larger and larger argument lists in an attempt to find one that's way too
+// big for the system at hand. This file itself is then used as a "linker" to
+// detect when the process creation succeeds.
+//
+// Eventually we should see an argument that looks like `@` as we switch from
+// passing literal arguments to passing everything in the file.
+// See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/41190
+
+//@ ignore-cross-compile
+// Reason: the compiled binary is executed
+
+use run_make_support::{run, rustc};
+
+fn main() {
+    rustc().input("foo.rs").arg("-g").opt().run();
+    run("foo");
+}