diff --git a/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/dataflow-tests/test-source-sink.expected b/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/dataflow-tests/test-source-sink.expected
index 1442f24cf154..fa141b614ea6 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/dataflow-tests/test-source-sink.expected
+++ b/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/dataflow-tests/test-source-sink.expected
@@ -327,7 +327,6 @@ irFlow
 | test.cpp:1117:27:1117:34 | call to source | test.cpp:1117:27:1117:34 | call to source |
 | test.cpp:1132:11:1132:16 | call to source | test.cpp:1121:8:1121:8 | x |
 | test.cpp:1138:17:1138:22 | call to source | test.cpp:1140:8:1140:18 | * ... |
-| test.cpp:1153:10:1153:15 | call to source | test.cpp:1148:10:1148:12 | * ... |
 | true_upon_entry.cpp:9:11:9:16 | call to source | true_upon_entry.cpp:13:8:13:8 | x |
 | true_upon_entry.cpp:17:11:17:16 | call to source | true_upon_entry.cpp:21:8:21:8 | x |
 | true_upon_entry.cpp:27:9:27:14 | call to source | true_upon_entry.cpp:29:8:29:8 | x |
diff --git a/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/dataflow-tests/test.cpp b/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/dataflow-tests/test.cpp
index d83af9a636d5..a65659191fb8 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/dataflow-tests/test.cpp
+++ b/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/dataflow-tests/test.cpp
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ namespace conflation_regression {
   char* source(int);
 
   void read_deref_deref(char **l) { // $ ast-def=l ir-def=*l ir-def=**l
-    sink(**l); // $ SPURIOUS: ir
+    sink(**l); // Clean. Only *l is tainted
   }
 
   void f(char ** p) // $ ast-def=p ir-def=*p ir-def=**p