diff --git a/shell/hush_test/hush-bugs/export_exp.tests b/shell/hush_test/hush-bugs/export_exp.tests.disabled
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 80%
rename from shell/hush_test/hush-bugs/export_exp.tests
rename to shell/hush_test/hush-bugs/export_exp.tests.disabled
index 91f57aa2c..0913fd3f2
--- a/shell/hush_test/hush-bugs/export_exp.tests
+++ b/shell/hush_test/hush-bugs/export_exp.tests.disabled
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# This test shows a very special handling of export and local
+# builtins by bash.
+
 v="a=aa0 b=bb0"
 # only 1st arg should be expanded in multiple words
 export $v c=$v
diff --git a/shell/hush_test/hush-trap/subshell.tests b/shell/hush_test/hush-trap/subshell.tests
index 045294bf4..d877f2b82 100755
--- a/shell/hush_test/hush-trap/subshell.tests
+++ b/shell/hush_test/hush-trap/subshell.tests
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@ trap 'bad: caught WINCH' WINCH
 # With TERM we'll check whether it is reset
 trap 'bad: caught TERM'  TERM
 
-# using bash, because we don't have $PPID (yet)
-(trap; bash -c 'kill -HUP   $PPID'; echo Ok)
-(trap; bash -c 'kill -QUIT  $PPID'; echo Ok)
-(trap; bash -c 'kill -SYS   $PPID'; echo Ok)
-(trap; bash -c 'kill -WINCH $PPID'; echo Ok)
-(trap; bash -c 'kill -TERM  $PPID'; echo Bad: TERM is not reset)
+(trap; "$THIS_SH" -c 'kill -HUP   $PPID'; echo Ok)
+(trap; "$THIS_SH" -c 'kill -QUIT  $PPID'; echo Ok)
+(trap; "$THIS_SH" -c 'kill -SYS   $PPID'; echo Ok)
+(trap; "$THIS_SH" -c 'kill -WINCH $PPID'; echo Ok)
+(trap; "$THIS_SH" -c 'kill -TERM  $PPID'; echo Bad: TERM is not reset)
 echo Done