diff --git a/acceptance/tests/resource/host/should_query_all.rb b/acceptance/tests/resource/host/should_query_all.rb
index 24eb438c6..4506fcca7 100755
--- a/acceptance/tests/resource/host/should_query_all.rb
+++ b/acceptance/tests/resource/host/should_query_all.rb
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
 test_name "should query all hosts from hosts file"
 
 content = %q{127.0.0.1 test1 test1.local
 127.0.0.2 test2 test2.local
 127.0.0.3 test3 test3.local
 127.0.0.4 test4 test4.local
 }
 
 agents.each do |agent|
   backup = agent.tmpfile('host-query-all')
 
   step "configure the system for testing (including file backups)"
   on agent, "cp /etc/hosts #{backup}"
   on agent, "cat > /etc/hosts", :stdin => content
 
   step "query all host records using puppet"
   on(agent, puppet_resource('host')) do
     found = stdout.scan(/host \{ '([^']+)'/).flatten.sort
     fail_test "the list of returned hosts was wrong: #{found.join(', ')}" unless
       found == %w{test1 test2 test3 test4}
 
     count = stdout.scan(/ensure\s+=>\s+'present'/).length
     fail_test "found #{count} records, wanted 4" unless count == 4
   end
 
   step "clean up the system afterwards"
-  on agent, "mv -f #{backup} /etc/hosts"
+  on agent, "cat #{backup} > /etc/hosts && rm -f #{backup}"
 end