diff --git a/testing/btest/core/load-relative.bro b/testing/btest/core/load-relative.bro
index 7f08f440b7..4050150d93 100644
--- a/testing/btest/core/load-relative.bro
+++ b/testing/btest/core/load-relative.bro
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 # A test of relative-path-based @load'ing
 
-# @TEST-EXEC: mkdir foo
-# @TEST-EXEC: echo "@load ./bar" > foo/foo.bro
-# @TEST-EXEC: echo "@load ../baz" >> foo/foo.bro
-# @TEST-EXEC: echo 'print "foo loaded";' >> foo/foo.bro
-# @TEST-EXEC: echo 'print "bar loaded";' > foo/bar.bro
-# @TEST-EXEC: echo 'print "baz loaded";' > baz.bro
 # @TEST-EXEC: bro foo/foo >output
 # @TEST-EXEC: btest-diff output
+
+@TEST-START-FILE foo/foo.bro
+@load ./bar
+@load ../baz
+print "foo loaded";
+@TEST-END-FILE
+
+@TEST-START-FILE foo/bar.bro
+print "bar loaded";
+@TEST-END-FILE
+
+@TEST-START-FILE baz.bro
+print "baz loaded";
+@TEST-END-FILE