diff --git a/cat/Makefile.am b/cat/Makefile.am
index e2fe84de9..1a3482b00 100644
--- a/cat/Makefile.am
+++ b/cat/Makefile.am
@@ -214,5 +214,5 @@ check-valgrind:
 
 check-valgrind-local-guests:
 	for g in $(GUESTS); do \
-	  $(top_builddir)/run --test @VG@ ./virt-filesystems -c "$(libvirt_ro_uri)" -d "$$g" --all --long -h --uuid || exit $$?; \
+	  $(top_builddir)/run --test @VG@ virt-filesystems -c "$(libvirt_ro_uri)" -d "$$g" --all --long -h --uuid || exit $$?; \
 	done
diff --git a/df/Makefile.am b/df/Makefile.am
index 83879cdc9..2cf487d41 100644
--- a/df/Makefile.am
+++ b/df/Makefile.am
@@ -107,4 +107,4 @@ check-valgrind:
 	$(MAKE) VG="$(top_builddir)/run @VG@" check
 
 check-valgrind-local-guests:
-	$(top_builddir)/run --test @VG@ ./virt-df -c "$(libvirt_ro_uri)"
+	$(top_builddir)/run --test @VG@ virt-df -c "$(libvirt_ro_uri)"
diff --git a/fuse/test-fuse-umount-race.sh b/fuse/test-fuse-umount-race.sh
index 3c85f17ea..5d582c4da 100755
--- a/fuse/test-fuse-umount-race.sh
+++ b/fuse/test-fuse-umount-race.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ guestfish -- \
       backingfile:../test-data/phony-guests/fedora.img backingformat:raw
 
 mkdir mp
-./guestmount --format=qcow2 -a test.qcow2 -m /dev/VG/Root --pid-file test.pid mp
+guestmount --format=qcow2 -a test.qcow2 -m /dev/VG/Root --pid-file test.pid mp
 cp $0 mp/test-umount
 
 # Save the PID of guestmount.
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ pid="$(cat test.pid)"
 timeout=10
 
 # Unmount the mountpoint.
-./guestunmount -v mp
+guestunmount -v mp
 
 # Wait for guestmount to exit.
 count=$timeout
diff --git a/fuse/test-guestmount-fd.c b/fuse/test-guestmount-fd.c
index 388909423..9f302b416 100644
--- a/fuse/test-guestmount-fd.c
+++ b/fuse/test-guestmount-fd.c
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 #include "guestfs.h"
 #include "guestfs-internal-frontend.h"
 
-#define GUESTMOUNT_BINARY "./guestmount"
-#define GUESTUNMOUNT_BINARY "./guestunmount"
+#define GUESTMOUNT_BINARY "guestmount"
+#define GUESTUNMOUNT_BINARY "guestunmount"
 #define TEST_IMAGE "../test-data/phony-guests/fedora.img"
 #define MOUNTPOINT "test-guestmount-fd.d"
 #define TEST_FILE MOUNTPOINT "/etc/fstab"
diff --git a/fuse/test-guestunmount-fd.c b/fuse/test-guestunmount-fd.c
index ad7ff74c8..019f82114 100644
--- a/fuse/test-guestunmount-fd.c
+++ b/fuse/test-guestunmount-fd.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
     snprintf (fd_str, sizeof fd_str, "%d", pipefd[0]);
 
-    execlp ("./guestunmount", "guestunmount", "--fd", fd_str, "/", NULL);
+    execlp ("guestunmount", "guestunmount", "--fd", fd_str, "/", NULL);
     perror ("execlp");
     _exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
   }
diff --git a/fuse/test-guestunmount-not-mounted.sh b/fuse/test-guestunmount-not-mounted.sh
index 5e1febe28..7d65dbab9 100755
--- a/fuse/test-guestunmount-not-mounted.sh
+++ b/fuse/test-guestunmount-not-mounted.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ if [ ! -w /dev/fuse ]; then
 fi
 
 # Not expecting cwd to be a FUSE mountpoint.
-./guestunmount --quiet $(pwd)
+guestunmount --quiet $(pwd)
 r=$?
 case $r in
     0)
diff --git a/inspector/Makefile.am b/inspector/Makefile.am
index 127bf032b..cfb39bab1 100644
--- a/inspector/Makefile.am
+++ b/inspector/Makefile.am
@@ -117,5 +117,5 @@ check-valgrind:
 
 check-valgrind-local-guests:
 	for g in $(GUESTS); do \
-	  $(top_builddir)/run --test @VG@ ./virt-inspector -c "$(libvirt_ro_uri)" -d "$$g" || exit $$?; \
+	  $(top_builddir)/run --test @VG@ virt-inspector -c "$(libvirt_ro_uri)" -d "$$g" || exit $$?; \
 	done
diff --git a/rescue/test-virt-rescue.pl b/rescue/test-virt-rescue.pl
index f149e48f0..9eaeb4ecc 100755
--- a/rescue/test-virt-rescue.pl
+++ b/rescue/test-virt-rescue.pl
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ unless (exists $INC{"Expect.pm"}) {
 }
 
 # Run virt-rescue and make sure we get to the rescue prompt.
-my $exp = Expect->spawn ("./virt-rescue", "--scratch")
+my $exp = Expect->spawn ("virt-rescue", "--scratch")
     or die "$progname: Expect could not spawn virt-rescue: $!\n";
 
 my $timeout = 5 * 60;
diff --git a/sysprep/Makefile.am b/sysprep/Makefile.am
index ceb165cce..79134847b 100644
--- a/sysprep/Makefile.am
+++ b/sysprep/Makefile.am
@@ -194,12 +194,12 @@ stamp-virt-sysprep.pod: virt-sysprep.pod sysprep-extra-options.pod sysprep-opera
 
 sysprep-extra-options.pod: virt-sysprep
 	rm -f $@ $@-t
-	$(top_builddir)/run ./$< --dump-pod-options > $@-t
+	$(top_builddir)/run $< --dump-pod-options > $@-t
 	mv $@-t $@
 
 sysprep-operations.pod: virt-sysprep
 	rm -f $@ $@-t
-	$(top_builddir)/run ./$< --dump-pod > $@-t
+	$(top_builddir)/run $< --dump-pod > $@-t
 	mv $@-t $@
 
 # Tests.
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ check-valgrind:
 
 check-valgrind-local-guests:
 	for g in $(GUESTS); do \
-	  $(top_builddir)/run --test @VG@ ./virt-sysprep -n -c "$(libvirt_ro_uri)" -d "$$g" || exit $$?; \
+	  $(top_builddir)/run --test @VG@ virt-sysprep -n -c "$(libvirt_ro_uri)" -d "$$g" || exit $$?; \
 	done
 
 # Dependencies.