diff --git a/src/nvim/testdir/test_modeline.vim b/src/nvim/testdir/test_modeline.vim
index 8cd6e552e7..e1d56727fe 100644
--- a/src/nvim/testdir/test_modeline.vim
+++ b/src/nvim/testdir/test_modeline.vim
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func Test_modeline_fails_always()
   call s:modeline_fails('patchexpr', 'patchexpr=Something()', 'E520:')
   call s:modeline_fails('printexpr', 'printexpr=Something()', 'E520:')
   call s:modeline_fails('pythondll', 'pythondll=Something()', 'E520:')
-  call s:modeline_fails('pythonhome', 'pythondll=Something()', 'E520:')
+  call s:modeline_fails('pythonhome', 'pythonhome=Something()', 'E520:')
   call s:modeline_fails('pythonthreedll', 'pythonthreedll=Something()', 'E520:')
   call s:modeline_fails('pythonthreehome', 'pythonthreehome=Something()', 'E520:')
   call s:modeline_fails('pyxversion', 'pyxversion=Something()', 'E520:')