diff --git a/t/t0600-reffiles-backend.sh b/t/t0600-reffiles-backend.sh
index dd46b8337d..0d6ec020b3 100755
--- a/t/t0600-reffiles-backend.sh
+++ b/t/t0600-reffiles-backend.sh
@@ -308,4 +308,55 @@ test_expect_success 'for_each_reflog()' '
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+# Triggering the bug detected by this test requires a newline to fall
+# exactly BUFSIZ-1 bytes from the end of the file. We don't know
+# what that value is, since it's platform dependent. However, if
+# we choose some value N, we also catch any D which divides N evenly
+# (since we will read backwards in chunks of D). So we choose 8K,
+# which catches glibc (with an 8K BUFSIZ) and *BSD (1K).
+#
+# Each line is 114 characters, so we need 75 to still have a few before the
+# last 8K. The 89-character padding on the final entry lines up our
+# newline exactly.
+test_expect_success SHA1 'parsing reverse reflogs at BUFSIZ boundaries' '
+	git checkout -b reflogskip &&
+	zf=$(test_oid zero_2) &&
+	ident="abc <xyz> 0000000001 +0000" &&
+	for i in $(test_seq 1 75); do
+		printf "$zf%02d $zf%02d %s\t" $i $(($i+1)) "$ident" &&
+		if test $i = 75; then
+			for j in $(test_seq 1 89); do
+				printf X || return 1
+			done
+		else
+			printf X
+		fi &&
+		printf "\n" || return 1
+	done >.git/logs/refs/heads/reflogskip &&
+	git rev-parse reflogskip@{73} >actual &&
+	echo ${zf}03 >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+# This test takes a lock on an individual ref; this is not supported in
+# reftable.
+test_expect_success 'reflog expire operates on symref not referrent' '
+	git branch --create-reflog the_symref &&
+	git branch --create-reflog referrent &&
+	git update-ref referrent HEAD &&
+	git symbolic-ref refs/heads/the_symref refs/heads/referrent &&
+	test_when_finished "rm -f .git/refs/heads/referrent.lock" &&
+	touch .git/refs/heads/referrent.lock &&
+	git reflog expire --expire=all the_symref
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'empty reflog' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf empty" &&
+	git init empty &&
+	test_commit -C empty A &&
+	>empty/.git/logs/refs/heads/foo &&
+	git -C empty reflog expire --all 2>err &&
+	test_must_be_empty err
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t1410-reflog.sh b/t/t1410-reflog.sh
index a0ff8d51f0..d2f5f42e67 100755
--- a/t/t1410-reflog.sh
+++ b/t/t1410-reflog.sh
@@ -354,36 +354,6 @@ test_expect_success 'stale dirs do not cause d/f conflicts (reflogs off)' '
 	test_must_be_empty actual
 '
 
-# Triggering the bug detected by this test requires a newline to fall
-# exactly BUFSIZ-1 bytes from the end of the file. We don't know
-# what that value is, since it's platform dependent. However, if
-# we choose some value N, we also catch any D which divides N evenly
-# (since we will read backwards in chunks of D). So we choose 8K,
-# which catches glibc (with an 8K BUFSIZ) and *BSD (1K).
-#
-# Each line is 114 characters, so we need 75 to still have a few before the
-# last 8K. The 89-character padding on the final entry lines up our
-# newline exactly.
-test_expect_success REFFILES,SHA1 'parsing reverse reflogs at BUFSIZ boundaries' '
-	git checkout -b reflogskip &&
-	zf=$(test_oid zero_2) &&
-	ident="abc <xyz> 0000000001 +0000" &&
-	for i in $(test_seq 1 75); do
-		printf "$zf%02d $zf%02d %s\t" $i $(($i+1)) "$ident" &&
-		if test $i = 75; then
-			for j in $(test_seq 1 89); do
-				printf X || return 1
-			done
-		else
-			printf X
-		fi &&
-		printf "\n" || return 1
-	done >.git/logs/refs/heads/reflogskip &&
-	git rev-parse reflogskip@{73} >actual &&
-	echo ${zf}03 >expect &&
-	test_cmp expect actual
-'
-
 test_expect_success 'no segfaults for reflog containing non-commit sha1s' '
 	git update-ref --create-reflog -m "Creating ref" \
 		refs/tests/tree-in-reflog HEAD &&
@@ -397,18 +367,6 @@ test_expect_failure 'reflog with non-commit entries displays all entries' '
 	test_line_count = 3 actual
 '
 
-# This test takes a lock on an individual ref; this is not supported in
-# reftable.
-test_expect_success REFFILES 'reflog expire operates on symref not referrent' '
-	git branch --create-reflog the_symref &&
-	git branch --create-reflog referrent &&
-	git update-ref referrent HEAD &&
-	git symbolic-ref refs/heads/the_symref refs/heads/referrent &&
-	test_when_finished "rm -f .git/refs/heads/referrent.lock" &&
-	touch .git/refs/heads/referrent.lock &&
-	git reflog expire --expire=all the_symref
-'
-
 test_expect_success 'continue walking past root commits' '
 	git init orphanage &&
 	(