diff --git a/testing/test_tmpdir.py b/testing/test_tmpdir.py
index 441714528..f1b6fe424 100644
--- a/testing/test_tmpdir.py
+++ b/testing/test_tmpdir.py
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ class TestNumberedDir(object):
 
     def test_cleanup_keep(self, tmp_path):
         self._do_cleanup(tmp_path)
-        a, b = tmp_path.iterdir()
+        a, b = (x for x in tmp_path.iterdir() if not x.is_symlink())
         print(a, b)
 
     def test_cleanup_locked(self, tmp_path):