diff --git a/test/lib/completions/dpkg.exp b/test/lib/completions/dpkg.exp
index ff4c5274..9e01882b 100644
--- a/test/lib/completions/dpkg.exp
+++ b/test/lib/completions/dpkg.exp
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@ sync_after_int
 
 
     # Build list of installed packages
-    # NOTE: If an argument is passed to `--get-selections', `dpkg' also returns
-    #       packages with status "purged".  Be sure to add `| grep install$' to
-    #       pipeline before 'cut' in that case. -- FVu, Sun Feb 22 10:08:34 CET 2009
-if {[assert_exec {dpkg --get-selections | cut -f1} packages]} {
+if {[assert_exec {dpkg --get-selections | grep \[\[:space:\]\]install$ | cut -f1} packages]} {
     assert_complete $packages "dpkg -L "
 }; # if