diff --git a/acceptance/tests/ticket_6541_invalid_filebucket_files.rb b/acceptance/tests/ticket_6541_invalid_filebucket_files.rb
index 28e6ed10d..b743efe87 100644
--- a/acceptance/tests/ticket_6541_invalid_filebucket_files.rb
+++ b/acceptance/tests/ticket_6541_invalid_filebucket_files.rb
@@ -1,33 +1,33 @@
 test_name "#6541: file type truncates target when filebucket cannot retrieve hash"
 
 agents.each do |agent|
   target=agent.tmpfile('6541-target')
 
-  on agent, host_command("rm -rf \"#{host.puppet['vardir']}/*bucket\"")
+  on agent, "rm -rf \"#{agent.puppet['vardir']}/*bucket\""
 
   step "write zero length file"
   manifest = "file { '#{target}': content => '' }"
   apply_manifest_on(agent, manifest)
 
   step "overwrite file, causing zero-length file to be backed up"
   manifest = "file { '#{target}': content => 'some text' }"
   apply_manifest_on(agent, manifest)
 
   test_name "verify invalid hashes should not change the file"
   manifest = "file { '#{target}': content => '{md5}notahash' }"
   apply_manifest_on(agent, manifest) do
     assert_no_match(/content changed/, stdout, "#{agent}: shouldn't have overwrote the file")
   end
 
   test_name "verify valid but unbucketed hashes should not change the file"
   manifest = "file { '#{target}': content => '{md5}13ad7345d56b566a4408ffdcd877bc78' }"
   apply_manifest_on(agent, manifest) do
     assert_no_match(/content changed/, stdout, "#{agent}: shouldn't have overwrote the file")
   end
 
   test_name "verify that an empty file can be retrieved from the filebucket"
   manifest = "file { '#{target}': content => '{md5}d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' }"
   apply_manifest_on(agent, manifest) do
     assert_match(/content changed '\{md5\}552e21cd4cd9918678e3c1a0df491bc3' to '\{md5\}d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e'/, stdout, "#{agent}: shouldn't have overwrote the file")
   end
 end