diff --git a/tests/30backend-threadpool.tests b/tests/30backend-threadpool.tests
index 65125489d..6945d4d5d 100644
--- a/tests/30backend-threadpool.tests
+++ b/tests/30backend-threadpool.tests
@@ -13,4 +13,14 @@ err: the input to the function is
 err: the result is 1
 END
 
+TEST "acquire two threads" two-thread-acquire <<END
+err: acquiring thread 1
+err: acquiring thread 2
+err: thread 1 kind=INTERACTIVE
+err: thread 1 state=IDLE
+err: thread 2 kind=INTERACTIVE
+err: thread 2 state=IDLE
+err: cleaning up
+END
+
 PLANNED "error cleared on join"
diff --git a/tests/backend/test-threadpool.c b/tests/backend/test-threadpool.c
index 248145364..50a58ab6c 100644
--- a/tests/backend/test-threadpool.c
+++ b/tests/backend/test-threadpool.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ TEST ("threadpool1")
 }
 
 
-TEST ("basic-acquire-release")
+TEST ("two-thread-acquire")
 {
   ECHO("start by initializing the threadpool");
   lumiera_threadpool_init();
@@ -90,13 +90,7 @@ TEST ("basic-acquire-release")
   ECHO("thread 2 state=%s", lumiera_threadstate_names[t2->state]);
   CHECK(LUMIERA_THREADSTATE_IDLE == t2->state);
 
-  ECHO("releasing thread 1");
-  //lumiera_threadpool_release_thread(t1);
-  ECHO("thread 1 has been released");
-
-  ECHO("releasing thread 2");
-  //lumiera_threadpool_release_thread(t2);
-  ECHO("thread 2 has been released");
+  ECHO("cleaning up");
 
   lumiera_threadpool_destroy();
 }