diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/def.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/def.rs
index 67e9c82d6e..c39e89ada2 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/def.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/def.rs
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ fn def_wrapped_with_block() {
 #[test]
 fn def_wrapped_from_module() {
     let actual = nu!(r#"module spam {
-            export def --wrapped my-echo [...rest] { ^echo ...$rest }
+            export def --wrapped my-echo [...rest] { nu --testbin cococo ...$rest }
         }
 
         use spam
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/run_external.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/run_external.rs
index 638d564974..69ebd0473d 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/run_external.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/run_external.rs
@@ -139,14 +139,13 @@ fn failed_command_with_semicolon_will_not_execute_following_cmds() {
     })
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(windows))]
 #[test]
 fn external_args_with_quoted() {
     Playground::setup("external failed command with semicolon", |dirs, _| {
         let actual = nu!(
             cwd: dirs.test(), pipeline(
             r#"
-                ^echo "foo=bar 'hi'"
+                nu --testbin cococo "foo=bar 'hi'"
             "#
         ));
 
@@ -187,14 +186,13 @@ fn external_arg_with_variable_name() {
     })
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(windows))]
 #[test]
 fn external_command_escape_args() {
     Playground::setup("external failed command with semicolon", |dirs, _| {
         let actual = nu!(
             cwd: dirs.test(), pipeline(
             r#"
-                ^echo "\"abcd"
+                nu --testbin cococo "\"abcd"
             "#
         ));
 
@@ -308,13 +306,12 @@ fn can_run_batch_files_without_bat_extension() {
     );
 }
 
-#[cfg(windows)]
 #[test]
 fn quotes_trimmed_when_shelling_out() {
     // regression test for a bug where we weren't trimming quotes around string args before shelling out to cmd.exe
     let actual = nu!(pipeline(
         r#"
-            ^echo "foo"
+            nu --testbin cococo "foo"
         "#
     ));
 
diff --git a/tests/shell/pipeline/commands/external.rs b/tests/shell/pipeline/commands/external.rs
index 3672c61817..b53ac0c8c4 100644
--- a/tests/shell/pipeline/commands/external.rs
+++ b/tests/shell/pipeline/commands/external.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ fn execute_binary_in_string() {
 
 #[test]
 fn single_quote_dollar_external() {
-    let actual = nu!("let author = 'JT'; ^echo $'foo=($author)'");
+    let actual = nu!("let author = 'JT'; nu --testbin cococo $'foo=($author)'");
 
     assert_eq!(actual.out, "foo=JT");
 }
@@ -493,18 +493,16 @@ mod external_command_arguments {
         )
     }
 
-    #[cfg(not(windows))]
     #[test]
     fn semicolons_are_sanitized_before_passing_to_subshell() {
-        let actual = nu!("^echo \"a;b\"");
+        let actual = nu!("nu --testbin cococo \"a;b\"");
 
         assert_eq!(actual.out, "a;b");
     }
 
-    #[cfg(not(windows))]
     #[test]
     fn ampersands_are_sanitized_before_passing_to_subshell() {
-        let actual = nu!("^echo \"a&b\"");
+        let actual = nu!("nu --testbin cococo \"a&b\"");
 
         assert_eq!(actual.out, "a&b");
     }