diff --git a/test/double_end.js b/test/double_end.js
index 53c54a3d..624ce3ac 100644
--- a/test/double_end.js
+++ b/test/double_end.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 var test = require('tap').test;
+var path = require('path');
 var concat = require('concat-stream');
 var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
 
 test(function (t) {
     t.plan(2);
-    var ps = spawn(process.execPath,
-        [ require('path').join(__dirname, 'double_end', 'double.js') ]);
+    var ps = spawn(process.execPath, [path.join(__dirname, 'double_end', 'double.js')]);
     ps.on('exit', function (code) {
         t.equal(code, 1);
     });
diff --git a/test/exit.js b/test/exit.js
index 8e001201..963e6b08 100644
--- a/test/exit.js
+++ b/test/exit.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 var tap = require('tap');
+var path = require('path');
 var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
 var concat = require('concat-stream');
 
@@ -26,8 +27,7 @@ tap.test('exit ok', function (t) {
         ].join('\n'));
     }
 
-    var ps = spawn(process.execPath,
-        [ require('path').join(__dirname, 'exit', 'ok.js') ]);
+    var ps = spawn(process.execPath, [path.join(__dirname, 'exit', 'ok.js')]);
     ps.stdout.pipe(concat(tc));
     ps.on('exit', function (code) {
         t.equal(code, 0);
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ tap.test('exit fail', function (t) {
         ].join('\n') + '\n\n');
     };
 
-    var ps = spawn(process.execPath,
-        [ require('path').join(__dirname, 'exit', 'fail.js') ]);
+    var ps = spawn(process.execPath, [path.join(__dirname, 'exit', 'fail.js')]);
     ps.stdout.pipe(concat(tc));
     ps.on('exit', function (code) {
         t.notEqual(code, 0);
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ tap.test('too few exit', function (t) {
         ].join('\n') + '\n\n');
     };
 
-    var ps = spawn(process.execPath, [ __dirname + '/exit/too_few.js' ]);
+    var ps = spawn(process.execPath, [path.join(__dirname, '/exit/too_few.js')]);
     ps.stdout.pipe(concat(tc));
     ps.on('exit', function (code) {
         t.notEqual(code, 0);
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ tap.test('more planned in a second test', function (t) {
         ].join('\n') + '\n\n');
     };
 
-    var ps = spawn(process.execPath, [ __dirname + '/exit/second.js' ]);
+    var ps = spawn(process.execPath, [path.join(__dirname, '/exit/second.js')]);
     ps.stdout.pipe(concat(tc));
     ps.on('exit', function (code) {
         t.notEqual(code, 0);
diff --git a/test/max_listeners.js b/test/max_listeners.js
index 23a3daa1..e807cdbf 100644
--- a/test/max_listeners.js
+++ b/test/max_listeners.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
-var ps = spawn(process.execPath,
-	[ require('path').join(__dirname, 'max_listeners', 'source.js') ]);
+var path = require('path');
+
+var ps = spawn(process.execPath, [path.join(__dirname, 'max_listeners', 'source.js')]);
+
 ps.stdout.pipe(process.stdout, { end : false });
 
 ps.stderr.on('data', function (buf) {