diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt b/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt
index c2864e189a8a7..03d28e03b7f4e 100644
--- a/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt
+++ b/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ run-make/dep-info-spaces/Makefile
 run-make/dep-info/Makefile
 run-make/dump-ice-to-disk/Makefile
 run-make/emit-to-stdout/Makefile
-run-make/export-executable-symbols/Makefile
 run-make/extern-diff-internal-name/Makefile
 run-make/extern-flag-disambiguates/Makefile
 run-make/extern-fn-reachable/Makefile
diff --git a/tests/run-make/export-executable-symbols/Makefile b/tests/run-make/export-executable-symbols/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index c4d29aa2bf450..0000000000000
--- a/tests/run-make/export-executable-symbols/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-include ../tools.mk
-
-# ignore-wasm32
-# ignore-wasm64
-# ignore-none no-std is not supported
-# only-linux
-
-all:
-	$(RUSTC) -Zexport-executable-symbols  main.rs --target $(TARGET) --crate-type=bin
-	nm $(TMPDIR)/main | $(CGREP) exported_symbol
-
diff --git a/tests/run-make/export-executable-symbols/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/export-executable-symbols/rmake.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a01380ac917f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-make/export-executable-symbols/rmake.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// The unstable flag `-Z export-executable-symbols` exports symbols from executables, as if
+// they were dynamic libraries. This test is a simple smoke test to check that this feature
+// works by using it in compilation, then checking that the output binary contains the exported
+// symbol.
+// See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/85673
+
+//@ ignore-wasm32
+//@ ignore-wasm64
+//@ ignore-none
+// Reason: no-std is not supported
+//FIXME(Oneirical): try it on more than only-linux
+
+use run_make_support::{llvm_readobj, rustc};
+
+fn main() {
+    rustc().arg("-Zexport-executable-symbols").input("main.rs").crate_type("bin").run();
+    llvm_readobj().symbols().input("main").run().assert_stdout_contains("exported_symbol");
+}