diff --git a/testing/cmdlineshell.test b/testing/cmdlineshell.test
index 1112e0aaa..73c6377ec 100755
--- a/testing/cmdlineshell.test
+++ b/testing/cmdlineshell.test
@@ -100,7 +100,3 @@ do_execsql_test_on_specific_db testing/testing.db schema-2 {
 # do_execsql_test_on_specific_db testing/testing.db schema-1 {
 #   .tables
 # } {"products users"}
-
-do_execsql_test_on_specific_db testing/testing.db schema-1 {
-  .tables us%
-} {"users"}
diff --git a/testing/shelltests.py b/testing/shelltests.py
index f36972e25..6b1dab121 100755
--- a/testing/shelltests.py
+++ b/testing/shelltests.py
@@ -182,6 +182,11 @@ Null value: LIMBO
 CWD: {cwd}/testing
 Echo: off""",
 )
+
+do_execshell_test(pipe, "test-show-tables", ".tables", "products users")
+
+do_execshell_test(pipe, "test-show-tables-with-pattern", ".tables us%", "users")
+
 # test we can set the null value
 
 write_to_pipe(".open :memory:")