diff --git a/tests/functional/git-hashing/fixed.sh b/tests/functional/git-hashing/fixed.sh
index 1962472a876..f33d95cfa92 100644
--- a/tests/functional/git-hashing/fixed.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/git-hashing/fixed.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
 source common.sh
 
 # Store layer needs bugfix
diff --git a/tests/functional/help.sh b/tests/functional/help.sh
index 2d64c465db0..efacaba5922 100755
--- a/tests/functional/help.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/help.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ done
 
 # FIXME: we don't know whether we built the manpages, so we can't
 # reliably test them here.
-exit 0
+if false; then
 
 # test help output
 
@@ -74,3 +74,5 @@ nix-daemon --help
 nix-hash --help
 nix-instantiate --help
 nix-prefetch-url --help
+
+fi