diff --git a/test/issue1531-min-dub-version.sh b/test/issue1531-min-dub-version.sh
index b227ed6..7fc1230 100755
--- a/test/issue1531-min-dub-version.sh
+++ b/test/issue1531-min-dub-version.sh
@@ -3,17 +3,16 @@
 
 . $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/common.sh
 
-DIR1531=${CURR_DIR}/issue1531-min-dub-version
+cat << EOF | $DUB - || die "Did not pass minDubVersion \"1.0\""
+/+ dub.sdl:
+    minDubVersion "1.0"
++/
+void main() {}
+EOF
 
-rm -rf $DIR1531/.dub/
-rm -rf $DIR1531/test-application*
-
-sed -i 's/^minDubVersion ".*"$/minDubVersion "1.0"/' ${DIR1531}/dub.sdl
-${DUB} run --root ${DIR1531} || die "Did not pass minDubVersion \"1.0\""
-
-sed -i 's/^minDubVersion ".*"$/minDubVersion "99.0"/' $DIR1531/dub.sdl
-! ${DUB} run --root ${DIR1531} || die "Did pass minDubVersion \"99.0\"!"
-
-sed -i 's/^minDubVersion ".*"$/minDubVersion "1.0"/' $DIR1531/dub.sdl
-rm -rf $DIR1531/.dub/
-rm -rf $DIR1531/test-application*
+! cat << EOF | $DUB - || die "Did pass minDubVersion \"99.0\""
+/+ dub.sdl:
+    minDubVersion "99.0"
++/
+void main() {}
+EOF
diff --git a/test/issue1531-min-dub-version/.no_build b/test/issue1531-min-dub-version/.no_build
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
--- a/test/issue1531-min-dub-version/.no_build
+++ /dev/null
diff --git a/test/issue1531-min-dub-version/.no_run b/test/issue1531-min-dub-version/.no_run
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
--- a/test/issue1531-min-dub-version/.no_run
+++ /dev/null
diff --git a/test/issue1531-min-dub-version/.no_test b/test/issue1531-min-dub-version/.no_test
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
--- a/test/issue1531-min-dub-version/.no_test
+++ /dev/null
diff --git a/test/issue1531-min-dub-version/dub.sdl b/test/issue1531-min-dub-version/dub.sdl
deleted file mode 100644
index e497dde..0000000
--- a/test/issue1531-min-dub-version/dub.sdl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-name "test-application"
-minDubVersion "1.0"
diff --git a/test/issue1531-min-dub-version/source/app.d b/test/issue1531-min-dub-version/source/app.d
deleted file mode 100644
index 48a8287..0000000
--- a/test/issue1531-min-dub-version/source/app.d
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-module app;
-
-void main() {}