diff --git a/pkg/machine/e2e/config_inspect_test.go b/pkg/machine/e2e/config_inspect_test.go
index ffd74220f1..f0d4aa5bdd 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/e2e/config_inspect_test.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/e2e/config_inspect_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ func (i *inspectMachine) buildCmd(m *machineTestBuilder) []string {
 	if len(i.format) > 0 {
 		cmd = append(cmd, "--format", i.format)
 	}
-	cmd = append(cmd, m.names...)
+	cmd = append(cmd, m.name)
 	i.cmd = cmd
 	return cmd
 }