diff --git a/tests/discover/libraries/data/dir-without-metadata/nothing b/tests/discover/libraries/data/dir-without-metadata/nothing
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/tests/discover/libraries/test.sh b/tests/discover/libraries/test.sh
index f0edd1b528..d59ee48cd9 100755
--- a/tests/discover/libraries/test.sh
+++ b/tests/discover/libraries/test.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ rlJournalStart
         rlAssertGrep 'Repository .* does not contain fmf metadata.' $rlRun_LOG
         rlRun -s "$tmt missing/reference" 2
         rlAssertGrep 'Reference .* not found.' $rlRun_LOG
+        rlRun -s "$tmt missing/node-metadata" 2
+        rlAssertGrep 'Library with fmf_id=' $rlRun_LOG
+        rlAssertNotGrep 'has no attribute' $rlRun_LOG
     rlPhaseEnd
 
     rlPhaseStartTest "Deep"