diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/tests.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/tests.nix
index ff6ac6e910a6..5f4cda714a67 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/tests.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/tests.nix
@@ -141,6 +141,6 @@ rec {
   });
 
   nvim_with_lua_packages = runTest nvimWithLuaPackages ''
-    ${nvimWithLuaPackages}/bin/nvim -n -i NONE --noplugin -es
+    ${nvimWithLuaPackages}/bin/nvim -i NONE --noplugin -es
   '';
 })