diff --git a/tests/t_list b/tests/t_list
index a8c92c4..c410cf2 100755
--- a/tests/t_list
+++ b/tests/t_list
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 PATH_TO_SDCV="$1"
-ndicts=`"$PATH_TO_SDCV" -l | wc -l`
+TEST_DIR="$2"
+ndicts=`"$PATH_TO_SDCV" --data-dir "${TEST_DIR}" -l | wc -l`
 ndicts=$(($ndicts-1))
-ncom=`find /usr/share/stardict/dic -name "*.ifo" | wc -l`
-nspe=`find "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/stardict/dic -name "*.ifo" | wc -l`
-nmy=$(($ncom+$nspe))
+nmy=`find "${TEST_DIR}" -name "*.ifo" | wc -l`
 
 if [ $nmy -ne $ndicts ]; then
 	echo "should be: $nmy, we have: $ndicts" >&2