diff --git a/cmd/cue/cmd/testdata/script/get_go_json_compat.txtar b/cmd/cue/cmd/testdata/script/get_go_json_compat.txtar
index 23e3d43ea2f..7a13daa4d69 100644
--- a/cmd/cue/cmd/testdata/script/get_go_json_compat.txtar
+++ b/cmd/cue/cmd/testdata/script/get_go_json_compat.txtar
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Check that the CUE generated by 'cue get go' is actually compatible
 # with encoding and decoding values via Go's encoding/json package.
 
-exec cue get go --local ./...
+exec cue get go --local ./decls
 cmp decls/p_go_gen.cue decls/p_go_gen.cue.golden
 
 # Marshal via Go's encoding/json and validate with the generated CUE schema.