diff --git a/test/TEST-26-SYSTEMCTL/test.sh b/test/TEST-26-SYSTEMCTL/test.sh
index 659311be4d4..64accf850f3 100755
--- a/test/TEST-26-SYSTEMCTL/test.sh
+++ b/test/TEST-26-SYSTEMCTL/test.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,4 @@ TEST_DESCRIPTION="systemctl-related tests"
 # shellcheck source=test/test-functions
 . "${TEST_BASE_DIR:?}/test-functions"
 
-test_append_files() (
-        image_install script
-)
-
 do_test "$@"
diff --git a/test/TEST-74-AUX-UTILS/test.sh b/test/TEST-74-AUX-UTILS/test.sh
index 94bb1594647..f422c89141d 100755
--- a/test/TEST-74-AUX-UTILS/test.sh
+++ b/test/TEST-74-AUX-UTILS/test.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,4 @@ TEST_DESCRIPTION="Tests for auxiliary utilities"
 # shellcheck source=test/test-functions
 . "${TEST_BASE_DIR:?}/test-functions"
 
-test_append_files() (
-        image_install script
-)
-
 do_test "$@"
diff --git a/test/test-functions b/test/test-functions
index 6063c5d5e2c..1f9fa6bb579 100644
--- a/test/test-functions
+++ b/test/test-functions
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ BASICTOOLS=(
     rm
     rmdir
     rmmod
+    script
     sed
     seq
     setfattr