diff --git a/test/old/testdir/test_marks.vim b/test/old/testdir/test_marks.vim
index c946dce48b..44201cb289 100644
--- a/test/old/testdir/test_marks.vim
+++ b/test/old/testdir/test_marks.vim
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ func Test_marks_k_cmd()
   call setline(1, ['foo', 'bar', 'baz', 'qux'])
   1,3kr
   call assert_equal([0, 3, 1, 0], getpos("'r"))
-  close!
+  bw!
 endfunc
 
 " Test for file marks (A-Z)
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func Test_getmarklist()
         \ {'mark': "'[", 'pos': [bufnr(), 2, 1, 0]},
         \ {'mark': "']", 'pos': [bufnr(), 2, v:maxcol, 0]},
         \ ], getmarklist(bufnr())[-2:])
-  close!
+  bw!
 endfunc
 
 " This was using freed memory