diff --git a/tests/checks/features-qmark1.fish b/tests/checks/features-qmark1.fish
index 6d42c8409..91fb4c247 100644
--- a/tests/checks/features-qmark1.fish
+++ b/tests/checks/features-qmark1.fish
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Explicitly overriding HOME/XDG_CONFIG_HOME is only required if not invoking via `make test`
-# RUN: env %fish --features '' -c 'string match --quiet "??" ab ; echo "qmarkon: $status"'
+# RUN: %fish --features '' -c 'string match --quiet "??" ab ; echo "qmarkon: $status"'
 #CHECK: qmarkon: 0
diff --git a/tests/checks/symlinks-not-overwritten.fish b/tests/checks/symlinks-not-overwritten.fish
index 0a3aa5dac..b5c6c5a27 100644
--- a/tests/checks/symlinks-not-overwritten.fish
+++ b/tests/checks/symlinks-not-overwritten.fish
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Explicitly overriding HOME/XDG_CONFIG_HOME is only required if not invoking via `make test`
-# RUN: env HOME="$(mktemp -d)" XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$(mktemp -d)" %fish -C 'set -g fish %fish' %s
+# RUN: %fish -C 'set -g fish %fish' %s
 
 mkdir -p $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fish