diff --git a/testsuite/expect/globals b/testsuite/expect/globals.example
similarity index 99%
rename from testsuite/expect/globals
rename to testsuite/expect/globals.example
index 52bd308dd8f60c5d0a8512c5d9a301ae95152c14..ba32bebb24dffd168546abacf99dc5612ab6ca77 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/globals
+++ b/testsuite/expect/globals.example
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ global sacct scancel scontrol sinfo smap squeue srun
 # Specify the slurm install directory.
 # Used to locate binaries, libraries, and header files.
 #
-#set slurm_dir   "/usr"
-set slurm_dir	"/home/jette/slurm.way"
+set slurm_dir   "/usr"
 set sacct       "${slurm_dir}/bin/sacct"
 set scancel     "${slurm_dir}/bin/scancel"
 set scontrol    "${slurm_dir}/bin/scontrol"
diff --git a/testsuite/expect/regression b/testsuite/expect/regression
index 302d06b5bd7d6787253acf9d56e5d53262093593..dc9ecd8c22b3383a9dc54f408ed9f643ed835db6 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/regression
+++ b/testsuite/expect/regression
@@ -35,16 +35,15 @@ COMPLETIONS=0
 
 # Make sure we are in the desired directory before possibly 
 # removing files the user does not want to lose.
-wc ./globals >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
-rc=$?
-if [ $rc -eq 0 ]; then
-	wc ./regression >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
-	rc=$?
-fi
-if [ $rc -ne 0 ]; then
+if [ ! -x ./regression ]; then
 	echo "FAILURE: cd to 'testsuite/expect' before starting 'regression'"
 	exit 1
 fi
+if [ ! -x ./globals ]; then
+	echo "FAILURE: copy 'globals.example' to 'globals' and modify as needed"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
 
 # Remove any recently edited back-up files
 /bin/rm -f test*.*% test*input test*output test*error