diff --git a/tests/unit-tests/security/config-file-empty2-home/.ndn/client.conf b/tests/unit-tests/security/config-file-empty2-home/.ndn/client.conf
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+; Empty client.conf is unfeasible in automated tests,
+; see tests/unit-tests/security/config-file-readme.txt.
+; The test is broken into two: 1) missing pib and 2) missing tpm
+tpm=tpm-file:/tmp/test/ndn-cxx/keychain/empty-file/
\ No newline at end of file