diff --git a/contrib/ldaptcl/configure.in b/contrib/ldaptcl/configure.in
index 71ac2a67b1..9a0364c3a7 100644
--- a/contrib/ldaptcl/configure.in
+++ b/contrib/ldaptcl/configure.in
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(tk, [  --with-tk=DIR          use Tk 8.0 binaries from DIR],
 
 case "$with_tk" in
     yes)
-	if test -f $exec_prefix/lib/tkConfig.sh -a $exec_prefix/lib/tkxConfig.sh
+	if test -f $exec_prefix/lib/tkConfig.sh &&
+	   test -f $exec_prefix/lib/tkxConfig.sh
 	then
 	    :
 	else
diff --git a/tests/run.in b/tests/run.in
index f5c11b14ec..24133fbcb5 100644
--- a/tests/run.in
+++ b/tests/run.in
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ AC_THREADS=threads@BUILD_THREAD@
 AC_LIBS_DYNAMIC=lib@BUILD_LIBS_DYNAMIC@
 
 # sanitize
-if test "${AC_ldap}" = "ldapmod" -a "${AC_LIBS_DYNAMIC}" = "static" ; then
+if test "${AC_ldap}" = "ldapmod" && test "${AC_LIBS_DYNAMIC}" = "static" ; then
 	AC_ldap="ldapno"
 fi
-if test "${AC_meta}" = "metamod" -a "${AC_LIBS_DYNAMIC}" = "static" ; then
+if test "${AC_meta}" = "metamod" && test "${AC_LIBS_DYNAMIC}" = "static" ; then
 	AC_meta="metano"
 fi
 
diff --git a/tests/scripts/test045-syncreplication-proxied b/tests/scripts/test045-syncreplication-proxied
index 40e7e4bc80..87727fe2ba 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/test045-syncreplication-proxied
+++ b/tests/scripts/test045-syncreplication-proxied
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5; do
 	$LDAPSEARCH -s base -b "$MONITOR" -h $LOCALHOST -p $PORT3 \
 		'(objectClass=*)' > /dev/null 2>&1
 	RC=$?
-	if test $RC = 0 -o $RC = 53 ; then
+	if test $RC = 0 || test $RC = 53 ; then
 		break
 	fi
 	echo "Waiting 5 seconds for slapd to start..."