1 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/tests/chgrp/deref b/tests/chgrp/deref
index 5dd61e105..ebf92e470 100755
--- a/tests/chgrp/deref
+++ b/tests/chgrp/deref
@@ -34,13 +34,9 @@ ln -s f symlink
 chgrp -h $g2 symlink 2> /dev/null
 set _ `ls -ln symlink`
 g=$5
-test "$g" = $g2 || {
-  cat <<EOF 1>&2
-$0: skipping this test; your system doesn't support changing
-the owner or group of a symbolic link.
-EOF
-  (exit 77); exit 77
-}
+test "$g" = $g2 ||
+  skip_test_ "your system doesn't support changing the owner or group" \
+      "of a symbolic link."
 
 fail=0