diff --git a/src/protocol/ftp/parse.c b/src/protocol/ftp/parse.c
index 78fea3341..770dc4cf8 100644
--- a/src/protocol/ftp/parse.c
+++ b/src/protocol/ftp/parse.c
@@ -62,16 +62,7 @@ parse_ftp_number(unsigned char **src, unsigned char *end, long from, long to)
 /* Parser for the EPLF format (see http://pobox.com/~djb/proto/eplf.txt).
  *
  * Lines end with \r\n (CR-LF), but that is handled elsewhere.
- *
- * Some example EPLF response, with the filename separator (tab) displayed as a
- * space:
  */
-#ifdef DEBUG_FTP_PARSER
-static unsigned char ftp_eplf_responses[] =
- "+i8388621.48594,m825718503,r,s280,\tdjb.html\r\n"
- "+i8388621.50690,m824255907,/,\t514\r\n"
- "+i8388621.48598,m824253270,r,s612,\t514.html\r\n";
-#endif
 
 enum ftp_eplf {
 	FTP_EPLF_FILENAME	= ASCII_TAB,	/* Filename follows */
diff --git a/src/protocol/ftp/test-ftp-parser b/src/protocol/ftp/test-ftp-parser
index 0da91a620..8cdd536da 100644
--- a/src/protocol/ftp/test-ftp-parser
+++ b/src/protocol/ftp/test-ftp-parser
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ test_ftp_response_expect_success () {
 	response="$(echo "$response" | sed -n '2,$p')"
 
 	test_expect_success "$desc" \
-		"ftp-parser --response '$response'"
+		"ftp-parser --response \"$response\""
 }
 
 test_ftp_response_expect_failure () {
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ test_ftp_response_expect_failure () {
 	response="$(echo "$response" | sed -n '2,$p')"
 
 	test_expect_failure "$desc" \
-		"ftp-parser --response '$response'"
+		"ftp-parser --response \"$response\""
 }
 
 #############################################################################
@@ -74,6 +74,18 @@ test_ftp_response_expect_success \
 drwxrwxr-x               folder        2 May 10  1996 network\r\n"
 
 
+#############################################################################
+#
+# EPLF response
+#
+
+test_ftp_response_expect_success \
+'EPLF responses' \
+$'
++i8388621.48594,m825718503,r,s280,\tdjb.html\r\n
++i8388621.50690,m824255907,/,\t514\r\n
++i8388621.48598,m824253270,r,s612,\t514.html\r\n'
+
 #############################################################################
 #
 # Parser for VMS-style MultiNet (some spaces removed from examples)