diff --git a/tests/scripts/features/vpathplus b/tests/scripts/features/vpathplus
index b4857171..978aecb8 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/features/vpathplus
+++ b/tests/scripts/features/vpathplus
@@ -96,10 +96,12 @@ $make_name: *** [$makefile:13: notarget.b] Error 1
 
 push(@touchedfiles, "inter.a", "inter.b");
 
+my $be = pack("L", 1) eq pack("N", 1);
+my $intfiles = $be ? "inter.c inter.b" : "inter.b inter.c";
 $answer = "cat ${VP}inter.d > inter.c
 cat inter.c > inter.b 2>/dev/null || exit 1
 cat inter.b > inter.a
-rm inter.b inter.c
+rm $intfiles
 ";
 &compare_output($answer,&get_logfile(1));