diff --git a/bin/tests/system/qmin/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/qmin/tests.sh
index 9c669d4358..00383f51e4 100755
--- a/bin/tests/system/qmin/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/qmin/tests.sh
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ cat << __EOF | diff ans2/query.log - > /dev/null || ret=1
 NS ugly.
 NS boing.ugly.
 NS boing.ugly.
-NS boing.ugly.
 __EOF
 for ans in ans2 ans3 ans4; do mv -f $ans/query.log query-$ans-$n.log 2>/dev/null || true; done
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
@@ -205,10 +204,10 @@ ret=0
 $CLEANQL
 $RNDCCMD 10.53.0.7 flush
 $DIG $DIGOPTS icky.icky.icky.ptang.zoop.boing.ugly. @10.53.0.7 > dig.out.test$n
-grep "status: NOERROR" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || (ret=1; echo "A")
-grep "icky.icky.icky.ptang.zoop.boing.ugly. 1	IN A	192.0.2.1" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || (ret=1; echo "X")
+grep "status: NOERROR" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "icky.icky.icky.ptang.zoop.boing.ugly. 1	IN A	192.0.2.1" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
 sleep 1
-cat << __EOF | diff ans2/query.log - > /dev/null || (ret=1; echo "Y")
+cat << __EOF | diff ans2/query.log - > /dev/null || ret=1
 NS ugly.
 NS boing.ugly.
 NS boing.ugly.