diff --git a/tests/test_compress.sh b/tests/test_compress.sh
index c88799e7..a6d07c6b 100755
--- a/tests/test_compress.sh
+++ b/tests/test_compress.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 if test -x ../src/xz/xz ; then
 	:
 else
-	(exit 77)
 	exit 77
 fi
 
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ fi
 eval 'unset foo ; foo() { return 42; } ; foo'
 if test $? != 42 ; then
 	echo "/bin/sh doesn't support functions, skipping this test."
-	(exit 77)
 	exit 77
 fi
 
@@ -30,7 +28,6 @@ test_xz() {
 		:
 	else
 		echo "Compressing failed: $* $FILE"
-		(exit 1)
 		exit 1
 	fi
 
@@ -38,7 +35,6 @@ test_xz() {
 		:
 	else
 		echo "Decompressing failed: $* $FILE"
-		(exit 1)
 		exit 1
 	fi
 
@@ -47,7 +43,6 @@ test_xz() {
 	else
 		echo "Decompressed file does not match" \
 				"the original: $* $FILE"
-		(exit 1)
 		exit 1
 	fi
 
@@ -56,7 +51,6 @@ test_xz() {
 			:
 		else
 			echo "Decompressing failed: $* $FILE"
-			(exit 1)
 			exit 1
 		fi
 
@@ -65,7 +59,6 @@ test_xz() {
 		else
 			echo "Decompressed file does not match" \
 					"the original: $* $FILE"
-			(exit 1)
 			exit 1
 		fi
 	fi
@@ -85,13 +78,11 @@ case $FILE in
 		else
 			rm -f "$FILE"
 			echo "Failed to create the file '$FILE'."
-			(exit 1)
 			exit 1
 		fi
 		;;
 	'')
 		echo "No test file was specified."
-		(exit 1)
 		exit 1
 		;;
 esac
@@ -129,5 +120,4 @@ do
 	test_xz $ARGS --lzma2=dict=64KiB,nice=32,mode=fast
 done
 
-(exit 0)
 exit 0
diff --git a/tests/test_files.sh b/tests/test_files.sh
index 8686b6db..d770e2b6 100755
--- a/tests/test_files.sh
+++ b/tests/test_files.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ XZDEC=../src/xzdec/xzdec
 test -x "$XZ" || XZ=
 test -x "$XZDEC" || XZDEC=
 if test -z "$XZ$XZDEC"; then
-	(exit 77)
 	exit 77
 fi
 
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ do
 		:
 	else
 		echo "Good file failed: $I"
-		(exit 1)
 		exit 1
 	fi
 
@@ -33,7 +31,6 @@ do
 		:
 	else
 		echo "Good file failed: $I"
-		(exit 1)
 		exit 1
 	fi
 done
@@ -42,13 +39,11 @@ for I in "$srcdir"/files/bad-*.xz
 do
 	if test -n "$XZ" && "$XZ" -dc "$I" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
 		echo "Bad file succeeded: $I"
-		(exit 1)
 		exit 1
 	fi
 
 	if test -n "$XZDEC" && "$XZDEC" "$I" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
 		echo "Bad file succeeded: $I"
-		(exit 1)
 		exit 1
 	fi
 done
@@ -57,7 +52,6 @@ done
 I="$srcdir/files/bad-3-index-uncomp-overflow.xz"
 if test -n "$XZ" && "$XZ" -l "$I" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
 	echo "Bad file succeeded with xz -l: $I"
-	(exit 1)
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -67,7 +61,6 @@ do
 		:
 	else
 		echo "Good file failed: $I"
-		(exit 1)
 		exit 1
 	fi
 done
@@ -76,10 +69,8 @@ for I in "$srcdir"/files/bad-*.lzma
 do
 	if test -n "$XZ" && "$XZ" -dc "$I" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
 		echo "Bad file succeeded: $I"
-		(exit 1)
 		exit 1
 	fi
 done
 
-(exit 0)
 exit 0
diff --git a/tests/test_scripts.sh b/tests/test_scripts.sh
index 48a9308a..baa9e249 100755
--- a/tests/test_scripts.sh
+++ b/tests/test_scripts.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ XZGREP=../src/scripts/xzgrep
 
 for i in XZ XZDIFF XZGREP; do
 	eval test -x "\$$i" && continue
-	(exit 77)
 	exit 77
 done
 
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ otherpostimage=$srcdir/files/good-1-lzma2-1.xz
 status=$?
 if test "$status" != 0 ; then
 	echo "xzdiff with no changes exited with status $status != 0"
-	(exit 1)
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -40,7 +38,6 @@ fi
 status=$?
 if test "$status" != 1 ; then
 	echo "xzdiff with changes exited with status $status != 1"
-	(exit 1)
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -48,7 +45,6 @@ fi
 status=$?
 if test "$status" != 2 ; then
 	echo "xzdiff with missing operand exited with status $status != 2"
-	(exit 1)
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -68,9 +64,7 @@ if cmp -s "$srcdir/xzgrep_expected_output" xzgrep_test_output ; then
 	:
 else
 	echo "unexpected output from xzgrep"
-	(exit 1)
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-(exit 0)
 exit 0