diff --git a/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp2.2 b/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp2.2
index 7e13d2b895d..a0826ecf9a8 100644
--- a/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp2.2
+++ b/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp2.2
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
-${}
+eval '${}'
diff --git a/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp2.2.stderr b/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp2.2.stderr
index 1135af092ce..51ea69ca970 100644
--- a/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp2.2.stderr
+++ b/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp2.2.stderr
@@ -1 +1 @@
-./bad-parm-exp2.2: ${}: Bad substitution
+eval: ${}: Bad substitution
diff --git a/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp3.2 b/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp3.2
index a5ecba5a7e5..bb41208f258 100644
--- a/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp3.2
+++ b/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp3.2
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
-${foo/}
+eval '${foo/}'
diff --git a/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp3.2.stderr b/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp3.2.stderr
index b28fdfffc4b..70473f9a87b 100644
--- a/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp3.2.stderr
+++ b/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp3.2.stderr
@@ -1 +1 @@
-./bad-parm-exp3.2: ${foo/}: Bad substitution
+eval: ${foo/}: Bad substitution
diff --git a/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp4.2 b/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp4.2
index 9eec8d08470..2837f9b5be9 100644
--- a/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp4.2
+++ b/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp4.2
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
-${foo:@abc}
+eval '${foo:@abc}'
diff --git a/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp4.2.stderr b/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp4.2.stderr
index 1487b61c2bc..3363f5177f2 100644
--- a/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp4.2.stderr
+++ b/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp4.2.stderr
@@ -1 +1 @@
-./bad-parm-exp4.2: ${foo:@...}: Bad substitution
+eval: ${foo:@...}: Bad substitution
diff --git a/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp5.2 b/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp5.2
index 459281f04c3..1ba343bb710 100644
--- a/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp5.2
+++ b/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp5.2
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
-${/}
+eval '${/}'
diff --git a/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp5.2.stderr b/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp5.2.stderr
index 2138c2eeb36..13763f8ed9c 100644
--- a/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp5.2.stderr
+++ b/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp5.2.stderr
@@ -1 +1 @@
-./bad-parm-exp5.2: ${/}: Bad substitution
+eval: ${/}: Bad substitution
diff --git a/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp6.2 b/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp6.2
index ba51442fb7f..b53a91b364b 100644
--- a/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp6.2
+++ b/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp6.2
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
-${#foo^}
+eval '${#foo^}'
diff --git a/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp6.2.stderr b/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp6.2.stderr
index ba3b671c608..cc56f65b62e 100644
--- a/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp6.2.stderr
+++ b/bin/sh/tests/errors/bad-parm-exp6.2.stderr
@@ -1 +1 @@
-./bad-parm-exp6.2: ${foo...}: Bad substitution
+eval: ${foo...}: Bad substitution
diff --git a/bin/sh/tests/functional_test.sh b/bin/sh/tests/functional_test.sh
index 33bee097de2..698053885ad 100755
--- a/bin/sh/tests/functional_test.sh
+++ b/bin/sh/tests/functional_test.sh
@@ -39,13 +39,7 @@ check()
 	local out_file="${SRCDIR}/${tc}.stdout"
 	[ -f "${out_file}" ] && out_flag="-o file:${out_file}"
 
-	# We need to copy the testcase scenario file because some of the
-	# testcases hardcode relative paths in the stderr/stdout.
-	#
-	# TODO: we might be able to generate this path at build time
-	cp ${SRCDIR}/${tc} .
-
-	atf_check -s exit:${tc##*.} ${err_flag} ${out_flag} ${SH} "./${tc}"
+	atf_check -s exit:${tc##*.} ${err_flag} ${out_flag} ${SH} "${SRCDIR}/${tc}"
 }
 
 add_testcase()