diff --git a/testsuite/expect/globals b/testsuite/expect/globals
index dca27371a0e3366c3085966d463a126740e22047..de40a675cae1914062a8ba40c087a8f087aaf85e 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/globals
+++ b/testsuite/expect/globals
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ cset prompt {(%|#|\$) *$}
 # Only the shell names (e.g. bin_bash) must be full pathnames
 #
 cset bin_awk 	"awk"
-if {![info exists bin_bash]} {set bin_bash [exec which bash]}
+cset bin_bash   [exec which bash]
 cset bin_cat	"cat"
 cset bin_cc	"gcc"
 cset bin_chmod	"chmod"