diff --git a/tests/venv/usr-bin/verify b/tests/venv/usr-bin/verify
index 27033ec8..19642a9f 100755
--- a/tests/venv/usr-bin/verify
+++ b/tests/venv/usr-bin/verify
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-# Verify that ~/local/bin is on the PATH
+# Verify that ~/.local/bin is on the PATH
 import os
 
-PATH = os.getenv("PATH")
-assert "/home/jovyan/local/bin" in PATH
+assert "$HOME/.local/bin" in os.getenv("PATH")
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