diff --git a/tests/libgit2/repo/open.c b/tests/libgit2/repo/open.c
index 8f766d275..c2edb3bc0 100644
--- a/tests/libgit2/repo/open.c
+++ b/tests/libgit2/repo/open.c
@@ -669,17 +669,7 @@ void test_repo_open__can_allowlist_dirs_wildcard(void)
 	git_str_dispose(&path);
 }
 
-void test_repo_open__can_allowlist_dirs_wildcard_fail(void)
-{
-	git_str path = GIT_STR_INIT;
-
-	cl_git_pass(git_str_printf(
-	        &path, "%s/%s*", clar_sandbox_path(), "empty_standard_repo"));
-	cl_git_fail_with(GIT_EOWNER, test_safe_path(path.ptr));
-	git_str_dispose(&path);
-}
-
-void test_repo_open__can_allowlist_dirs_wildcard_fail2(void)
+void test_repo_open__allowlist_dirs_cannot_have_wildcard_suffix(void)
 {
 	git_str path = GIT_STR_INIT;
 
@@ -710,17 +700,7 @@ void test_repo_open__can_allowlist_bare_wildcard_gitdir(void)
 	git_str_dispose(&path);
 }
 
-void test_repo_open__can_allowlist_bare_wildcard_gitdir_fail(void)
-{
-	git_str path = GIT_STR_INIT;
-
-	cl_git_pass(git_str_printf(&path, "%s*", clar_sandbox_path()));
-	cl_git_fail_with(GIT_EOWNER, test_bare_safe_path(path.ptr));
-
-	git_str_dispose(&path);
-}
-
-void test_repo_open__can_allowlist_bare_wildcard_gitdir_fail2(void)
+void test_repo_open__allowlist_bare_dirs_cannot_have_wildcard_suffix(void)
 {
 	git_str path = GIT_STR_INIT;
 
@@ -731,6 +711,16 @@ void test_repo_open__can_allowlist_bare_wildcard_gitdir_fail2(void)
 	git_str_dispose(&path);
 }
 
+void test_repo_open__allowlist_relative_bare_dirs_cannot_have_wildcard_suffix(void)
+{
+	git_str path = GIT_STR_INIT;
+
+	cl_git_pass(git_str_printf(&path, "%s*", clar_sandbox_path()));
+	cl_git_fail_with(GIT_EOWNER, test_bare_safe_path(path.ptr));
+
+	git_str_dispose(&path);
+}
+
 void test_repo_open__can_wildcard_allowlist_bare_gitdir(void)
 {
 	cl_git_pass(test_bare_safe_path("*"));
@@ -753,6 +743,23 @@ void test_repo_open__can_handle_prefixed_safe_paths(void)
 #endif
 }
 
+void test_repo_open__can_handle_prefixed_wildcard_safe_paths(void)
+{
+#ifndef GIT_WIN32
+	git_str path = GIT_STR_INIT;
+
+	/*
+	 * Using "%(prefix)/" becomes "%(prefix)//tmp/foo" - so
+	 * "%(prefix)/" is stripped and means the literal path
+	 * follows.
+	 */
+	cl_git_pass(git_str_printf(&path, "%%(prefix)/%s/*",
+		clar_sandbox_path()));
+	cl_git_pass(test_safe_path(path.ptr));
+	git_str_dispose(&path);
+#endif
+}
+
 void test_repo_open__prefixed_safe_paths_must_have_two_slashes(void)
 {
 	git_str path = GIT_STR_INIT;