diff --git a/tests/failures/usermod/12_usermod_change_uid_passwd_unlock_passwd_failure/usermod.test b/tests/failures/usermod/12_usermod_change_uid_passwd_unlock_passwd_failure/usermod.test
index 53478e11..d7c95b7a 100755
--- a/tests/failures/usermod/12_usermod_change_uid_passwd_unlock_passwd_failure/usermod.test
+++ b/tests/failures/usermod/12_usermod_change_uid_passwd_unlock_passwd_failure/usermod.test
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ trap 'log_status "$0" "FAILURE"; restore_config' 0
 change_config
 
 echo -n "Change UID of foo to 1001 (usermod -u 1001 foo)..."
-LD_PRELOAD=../../../common/unlink_failure.so FAILURE_PATH=/etc/passwd.lock gdb --args usermod -u 1001 foo 2>tmp/usermod.err
+LD_PRELOAD=../../../common/unlink_failure.so FAILURE_PATH=/etc/passwd.lock usermod -u 1001 foo 2>tmp/usermod.err
 echo "OK"
 
 echo "usermod reported:"