diff --git a/tests/build-remote.sh b/tests/build-remote.sh
index d1da134dc..e73c37ea4 100644
--- a/tests/build-remote.sh
+++ b/tests/build-remote.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ outPath=$(readlink -f $TEST_ROOT/result)
 
 grep 'FOO BAR BAZ' $TEST_ROOT/machine0/$outPath
 
-testPrintOutPath=$(nix build -L -v -f $file --print-out-paths --max-jobs 0 \
+testPrintOutPath=$(nix build -L -v -f $file --no-link --print-out-paths --max-jobs 0 \
   --arg busybox $busybox \
   --store $TEST_ROOT/machine0 \
   --builders "$(join_by '; ' "${builders[@]}")"
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ fi
 
 # Behavior of keep-failed
 out="$(nix-build 2>&1 failing.nix \
+  --no-out-link \
   --builders "$(join_by '; ' "${builders[@]}")"  \
   --keep-failed \
   --store $TEST_ROOT/machine0 \
diff --git a/tests/fetchClosure.sh b/tests/fetchClosure.sh
index 96e4bb741..44050c878 100644
--- a/tests/fetchClosure.sh
+++ b/tests/fetchClosure.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ clearStore
 clearCacheCache
 
 # Initialize binary cache.
-nonCaPath=$(nix build --json --file ./dependencies.nix | jq -r .[].outputs.out)
+nonCaPath=$(nix build --json --file ./dependencies.nix --no-link | jq -r .[].outputs.out)
 caPath=$(nix store make-content-addressed --json $nonCaPath | jq -r '.rewrites | map(.) | .[]')
 nix copy --to file://$cacheDir $nonCaPath