diff --git a/test/default-foreground.test.ts b/test/default-foreground.test.ts
index 428310e..1a51593 100644
--- a/test/default-foreground.test.ts
+++ b/test/default-foreground.test.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,15 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from "./suite.ts";
+import { text } from "../ops.ts";
 import { createTerm } from "../term.ts";
-import { close, grow, open, text } from "../ops.ts";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "./suite.ts";
 
 const decode = (b: Uint8Array) => new TextDecoder().decode(b);
 
 describe("true default foreground", () => {
-  it("uncolored text emits no concrete foreground", async () => {
+  it("emits uncolored text with no concrete foreground", async () => {
     let term = await createTerm({ width: 12, height: 1 });
-    let ansi = decode(
-      term.render([
-        open("root", { layout: { width: grow(), height: grow() } }),
-        text("hi"),
-        close(),
-      ]).output,
-    );
+    let ansi = decode(term.render([text("hi")]).output);
 
-    let before = ansi.slice(0, ansi.indexOf("h"));
-    // pins: color-less text must leave the terminal default fg, not force white
-    expect(before).not.toContain("\x1b[38;2;255;255;255");
+    expect(ansi).toContain("hi");
+    expect(ansi).not.toContain("\x1b[38;2;255;255;255");
   });
 });