diff --git a/cmd/helm/plugin_test.go b/cmd/helm/plugin_test.go
index 87fd17681..4fb834189 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/plugin_test.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/plugin_test.go
@@ -277,11 +277,6 @@ func TestPluginDynamicCompletion(t *testing.T) {
 		cmd:    "__complete echo -n mynamespace ''",
 		golden: "output/plugin_echo_no_directive.txt",
 		rels:   []*release.Release{},
-	}, {
-		name:   "completion for plugin bad directive",
-		cmd:    "__complete echo ''",
-		golden: "output/plugin_echo_bad_directive.txt",
-		rels:   []*release.Release{},
 	}}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		settings.PluginsDirectory = "testdata/helmhome/helm/plugins"
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/helmhome/helm/plugins/echo/plugin.complete b/cmd/helm/testdata/helmhome/helm/plugins/echo/plugin.complete
index 6bc73d130..63569aada 100755
--- a/cmd/helm/testdata/helmhome/helm/plugins/echo/plugin.complete
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/helmhome/helm/plugins/echo/plugin.complete
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ echo "Args received: ${@}"
 
 # Final printout is the optional completion directive of the form :<directive>
 if [ "$HELM_NAMESPACE" = "default" ]; then
-    # Output an invalid directive, which should be ignored
-    echo ":2222"
+    echo ":0"
 # else
     # Don't include the directive, to test it is really optional
 fi
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/plugin_echo_bad_directive.txt b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/plugin_echo_bad_directive.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f2802581..000000000
--- a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/plugin_echo_bad_directive.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-echo plugin.complete was called
-Namespace: default
-Num args received: 1
-Args received:
-:0
-Completion ended with directive: ShellCompDirectiveDefault