diff --git a/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.in b/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.in
index ecccbe43c1..6b2320e202 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.in
+++ b/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.in
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ fi
 nextpart () {
     [ -f $1.prev ] || echo "0" > $1.prev
     prev=`cat $1.prev`
-    awk "FNR > $prev "'{ print }
-         END           { print NR > "/dev/stderr" }' $1 2> $1.prev
+    awk "NR > $prev "'{ print }
+         END          { print NR > "/dev/stderr" }' $1 2> $1.prev
 }
 
 #
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.win32 b/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.win32
index 43d0fda48c..e700a17e2e 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.win32
+++ b/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.win32
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ echoinfo () {
 nextpart () {
     [ -f $1.prev ] || echo "0" > $1.prev
     prev=`cat $1.prev`
-    awk "FNR > $prev "'{ print }
-         END           { print NR > "/dev/stderr" }' $1 2> $1.prev
+    awk "NR > $prev "'{ print }
+         END          { print NR > "/dev/stderr" }' $1 2> $1.prev
 }
 
 #