diff --git a/tests/expansion.err b/tests/expansion.err
index 2669e59ef..753d83cf8 100644
--- a/tests/expansion.err
+++ b/tests/expansion.err
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 
 ####################
 # Slices
-../test/root/bin/fish: Invalid index value
+fish: Invalid index value
 echo "$foo[d]"
            ^
-../test/root/bin/fish: Invalid index value
+fish: Invalid index value
 echo $foo[d]
           ^
-../test/root/bin/fish: Invalid index value
+fish: Invalid index value
 echo ()[d]
         ^
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ echo ()[d]
 
 ####################
 # Catch your breath
-../test/root/bin/fish: $) is not a valid variable in fish.
+fish: $) is not a valid variable in fish.
 echo $$paren
       ^
 
diff --git a/tests/function.err b/tests/function.err
index a5edfc560..2d69cbb05 100644
--- a/tests/function.err
+++ b/tests/function.err
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 
 ####################
 # Testing -V with changed variables
-../test/root/bin/fish: function: Illegal function name '-a'
+fish: function: Illegal function name '-a'
 function -a arg1 arg2 name2 ; end
 ^
-../test/root/bin/fish: function: Illegal function name '--argument-names'
+fish: function: Illegal function name '--argument-names'
 function --argument-names arg1 arg2 name4 ; end
 ^
-../test/root/bin/fish: function: Unexpected positional argument 'abc'
+fish: function: Unexpected positional argument 'abc'
 function name5 abc --argument-names def ; end
 ^
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function name5 abc --argument-names def ; end
 
 ####################
 # Checking reserved names
-../test/root/bin/fish: function: The name 'test' is reserved,
+fish: function: The name 'test' is reserved,
 and can not be used as a function name
 function test; echo banana; end
 ^
diff --git a/tests/status.err b/tests/status.err
index 51db920e5..855655277 100644
--- a/tests/status.err
+++ b/tests/status.err
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<W> ../test/root/bin/fish: An error occurred while redirecting file '.'
+<W> fish: An error occurred while redirecting file '.'
 open: Is a directory
 status: Invalid combination of options,
 you cannot do both 'is-interactive' and 'is-login' in the same invocation
diff --git a/tests/test1.err b/tests/test1.err
index 19d04f4c7..5e9cda705 100644
--- a/tests/test1.err
+++ b/tests/test1.err
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 ####################
 # For loops with read-only vars is an error (#4342)
-../test/root/bin/fish: You cannot use read-only variable 'status' in a for loop
+fish: You cannot use read-only variable 'status' in a for loop
 for status in a b c
     ^
 
diff --git a/tests/test5.err b/tests/test5.err
index f0ecd5749..f0a464ce3 100644
--- a/tests/test5.err
+++ b/tests/test5.err
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-../test/root/bin/fish: No matches for wildcard '*ee*'. See `help expand`.
+fish: No matches for wildcard '*ee*'. See `help expand`.
 	case *ee*
 	     ^
diff --git a/tests/test_cmdsub.err b/tests/test_cmdsub.err
index 88c21e336..1d39d0ae7 100644
--- a/tests/test_cmdsub.err
+++ b/tests/test_cmdsub.err
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 
 ####################
 # Command sub at the limit should fail
-../test/root/bin/fish: Too much data emitted by command substitution so it was discarded
+fish: Too much data emitted by command substitution so it was discarded
 
 set b (string repeat -n 512 x)
       ^
 
 ####################
 # Command sub over the limit should fail
-../test/root/bin/fish: Too much data emitted by command substitution so it was discarded
+fish: Too much data emitted by command substitution so it was discarded
 
     set -l x (string repeat -n $argv x)
              ^
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ in command substitution
 
 ####################
 # Same builtin in a command substitution is affected
-../test/root/bin/fish: Too much data emitted by command substitution so it was discarded
+fish: Too much data emitted by command substitution so it was discarded
 
 echo this will fail (string repeat --max 513 b) to output anything
                     ^
diff --git a/tests/vars_as_commands.err b/tests/vars_as_commands.err
index 23b2152df..c1eefbf52 100644
--- a/tests/vars_as_commands.err
+++ b/tests/vars_as_commands.err
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-../test/root/bin/fish: The expanded command was empty.
+fish: The expanded command was empty.
 $EMPTY_VARIABLE
 ^
-../test/root/bin/fish: The expanded command was empty.
+fish: The expanded command was empty.
 "$EMPTY_VARIABLE"
 ^
diff --git a/tests/zero_based_array.err b/tests/zero_based_array.err
index 742274180..08ed84e77 100644
--- a/tests/zero_based_array.err
+++ b/tests/zero_based_array.err
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-../test/root/bin/fish: array indices start at 1, not 0.
+fish: array indices start at 1, not 0.
 echo $foo[0]
           ^
-../test/root/bin/fish: array indices start at 1, not 0.
+fish: array indices start at 1, not 0.
 echo $foo[ 0 ]
            ^
-../test/root/bin/fish: array indices start at 1, not 0.
+fish: array indices start at 1, not 0.
 echo $foo[ 00 ]
            ^