diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d44a42e57..6e0a1aba1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/go-graphsync v0.11.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blockstore v1.2.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-chunker v0.0.5
-	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.8.0
+	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.8.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-exchange-interface v0.1.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-exchange-offline v0.2.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-files v0.0.9
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 10abe815d..4a73e07eb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -518,8 +518,8 @@ github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blocksutil v0.0.1/go.mod h1:Yq4M86uIOmxmGPUHv/uI7uKqZNtL
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-chunker v0.0.1/go.mod h1:tWewYK0we3+rMbOh7pPFGDyypCtvGcBFymgY4rSDLAw=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-chunker v0.0.5 h1:ojCf7HV/m+uS2vhUGWcogIIxiO5ubl5O57Q7NapWLY8=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-chunker v0.0.5/go.mod h1:jhgdF8vxRHycr00k13FM8Y0E+6BoalYeobXmUyTreP8=
-github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.8.0 h1:M7apkPxhGe7I3rcKuQ8xRJLIPdaEqaZhJz0uPZEE8EU=
-github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.8.0/go.mod h1:y0bflH6m4g6ary4HniYt98UqbrVnRxmRarzeMdLIUn0=
+github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.8.1 h1:El661DBWqdqwgz7B9xwKyUpigwqk6BBBHb5B8DfJP00=
+github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.8.1/go.mod h1:y0bflH6m4g6ary4HniYt98UqbrVnRxmRarzeMdLIUn0=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-delay v0.0.0-20181109222059-70721b86a9a8/go.mod h1:8SP1YXK1M1kXuc4KJZINY3TQQ03J2rwBG9QfXmbRPrw=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-delay v0.0.1 h1:r/UXYyRcddO6thwOnhiznIAiSvxMECGgtv35Xs1IeRQ=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-delay v0.0.1/go.mod h1:8SP1YXK1M1kXuc4KJZINY3TQQ03J2rwBG9QfXmbRPrw=
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh b/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh
index 36a6e2240..833d6043e 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh
@@ -346,12 +346,8 @@ test_add_cat_file() {
     test_cmp expected actual
   '
 
-  test_expect_success "ipfs add with multiple files of same name succeeds" '
-    mkdir -p mountdir/same-file/ &&
-    cp mountdir/hello.txt mountdir/same-file/hello.txt &&
-    ipfs add mountdir/hello.txt mountdir/same-file/hello.txt >actual &&
-    rm mountdir/same-file/hello.txt  &&
-    rmdir mountdir/same-file
+  test_expect_success "ipfs add with multiple files of same name and import dir succeeds" '
+    ipfs add mountdir/hello.txt mountdir/hello.txt >actual
   '
 
   test_expect_success "ipfs add with multiple files of same name output looks good" '