diff --git a/test-hg-bidi.sh b/test-hg-bidi.sh
index f569697..2c693d0 100755
--- a/test-hg-bidi.sh
+++ b/test-hg-bidi.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ if ! test_have_prereq PYTHON; then
 	test_done
 fi
 
-if ! "$PYTHON_PATH" -c 'import mercurial'; then
+if ! python -c 'import mercurial'; then
 	skip_all='skipping remote-hg tests; mercurial not available'
 	test_done
 fi
diff --git a/test-hg-hg-git.sh b/test-hg-hg-git.sh
index 7f579c8..1a212b8 100755
--- a/test-hg-hg-git.sh
+++ b/test-hg-hg-git.sh
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ if ! test_have_prereq PYTHON; then
 	test_done
 fi
 
-if ! "$PYTHON_PATH" -c 'import mercurial'; then
+if ! python -c 'import mercurial'; then
 	skip_all='skipping remote-hg tests; mercurial not available'
 	test_done
 fi
 
-if ! "$PYTHON_PATH" -c 'import hggit'; then
+if ! python -c 'import hggit'; then
 	skip_all='skipping remote-hg tests; hg-git not available'
 	test_done
 fi
diff --git a/test-hg.sh b/test-hg.sh
index 8de2aa7..ce03fa3 100755
--- a/test-hg.sh
+++ b/test-hg.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ if ! test_have_prereq PYTHON; then
 	test_done
 fi
 
-if ! "$PYTHON_PATH" -c 'import mercurial'; then
+if ! python -c 'import mercurial'; then
 	skip_all='skipping remote-hg tests; mercurial not available'
 	test_done
 fi