diff --git a/base/testfiles/tlb-utf8-filecontents-1.lvt b/base/testfiles/tlb-utf8-filecontents-1.lvt
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+%testing utf8 filecontents
+\input{test2e}
+\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.tst}
+\START
+\typeout{\detokenize{aé $x→∞$}}
+\END
+\end{filecontents}
+\documentclass{article}
+\begin{document}
+\input{\jobname.tst}
+\end{document}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/base/testfiles/tlb-utf8-filecontents-1.tlg b/base/testfiles/tlb-utf8-filecontents-1.tlg
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+This is a generated file for the LaTeX2e validation system.
+Don't change this file in any respect.
+a^^c3^^a9 $x^^e2^^86^^92^^e2^^88^^9e$