diff --git a/testing/btest/language/nested-sets.zeek b/testing/btest/language/nested-sets.zeek
index 8c4f987075..1e83b6184d 100644
--- a/testing/btest/language/nested-sets.zeek
+++ b/testing/btest/language/nested-sets.zeek
@@ -1,6 +1,29 @@
-# @TEST-EXEC: for i in `seq 21`; do echo 0 >> random.seed; done
 # @TEST-EXEC: test `zeek -b -G random.seed %INPUT` = "pass"
 
+@TEST-START-FILE random.seed
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+@TEST-END-FILE
+
 type r: record {
 	b: set[count];
 };
diff --git a/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/logging/ascii-gz.zeek b/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/logging/ascii-gz.zeek
index 37757a638e..2bbde57bbb 100644
--- a/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/logging/ascii-gz.zeek
+++ b/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/logging/ascii-gz.zeek
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #
 # @TEST-EXEC: zeek -b %INPUT
-# @TEST-EXEC: gunzip -S .gzip ssh.log.gzip
+# @TEST-EXEC: mv ssh.log.gzip ssh.log.gz
+# @TEST-EXEC: gunzip ssh.log.gz
 # @TEST-EXEC: btest-diff ssh.log
 # @TEST-EXEC: btest-diff ssh-uncompressed.log
 #