diff --git a/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj b/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj
index 3e2142ef..67dd1244 100644
--- a/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj
@@ -303,6 +303,13 @@
         (let [s (bb "run" "--prn" "a")]
           (is (str/includes? s "paths")))))))
 
+(deftest tasks:clojure-test
+  (testing "tokenization when called from tasks"
+    (test-utils/with-config
+      (pr-str '{:tasks {foo (-> (clojure {:out :string} "-J-Dfoo=\"{:port 5555 :accept clojure.core.server/repl}\" -M -e \"(clojure.edn/read-string (System/getProperty (name :foo)))\"") :out clojure.edn/read-string prn)}})
+      (is (= '{:port 5555, :accept clojure.core.server/repl}
+             (bb "run" "foo"))))))
+
 (deftest list-tasks-test
   (test-utils/with-config {}
     (let [res (test-utils/bb nil "tasks")]
diff --git a/test/babashka/deps_test.clj b/test/babashka/deps_test.clj
index 4253cd04..5b0169ea 100644
--- a/test/babashka/deps_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/deps_test.clj
@@ -103,10 +103,7 @@ true
         (bb (-> template (str/replace ":gitlibs" (pr-str (str libs-dir2)))
                 (str/replace ":env-key" ":extra-env")))
         (is (fs/exists? libs-dir))
-        (is (fs/exists? libs-dir2)))))
-  (testing "tokenization when called from tasks"
-    (is (= '{:port 5555, :accept clojure.core.server/repl}
-           (bb (pr-str '(-> (babashka.tasks/clojure {:out :string} "-J-Dfoo=\"{:port 5555 :accept clojure.core.server/repl}\" -M -e \"(clojure.edn/read-string (System/getProperty (name :foo)))\"") :out edn/read-string)))))))
+        (is (fs/exists? libs-dir2))))))
 
 (deftest ^:windows-only win-clojure-test
     (testing "GITLIBS can set location of .gitlibs dir"