diff --git a/tests/test-status b/tests/test-status
index 305d4450036a9293eec7b3b057be34fd539f4538_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1zdGF0dXM=..0ab0da2215d7559de2cd8b97818da1ae3fa76658_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1zdGF0dXM= 100755
--- a/tests/test-status
+++ b/tests/test-status
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 # Run status with 2 different flags.
 # Check if result is the same or different.
 # If result is not as expected, raise error
-function assert {
+assert() {
     hg status $1 > ../a
     hg status $2 > ../b
     out=`diff ../a ../b`