diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test1.92 b/testsuite/expect/test1.92
index 5d4f5a46fe4186af7127942cafb2871bc8a1252d..03c94517b4de07a24f0db8ac5f56d7a76171f677 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test1.92
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test1.92
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ expect {
 		exit 0
 	}
 	-re $prompt {
-		send "$srun -l -c1 ./$file_bash | sort -V\r"
+		send "$srun -l -c1 ./$file_bash | $bin_sort -V\r"
 	}
 	timeout {
 		send_user "\nFAILURE: salloc not responding\n"
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ if {$task_cnt < (2 * $node_cnt)} {
 set this_cnt  0
 set prev_node -1
 set this_node -1
-send "$srun -l -n $task_cnt -m block ./$file_bash | sort -V\r"
+send "$srun -l -n $task_cnt -m block ./$file_bash | $bin_sort -V\r"
 expect {
 	-re "nodeid:($number) taskid:($number) localid:($number)" {
 		set this_node $expect_out(1,string)
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ set this_cnt  0
 set prev_node -1
 set this_node -1
 set prev_cnt  $block_size
-send "$srun -l -n $task_cnt -m cyclic ./$file_bash | sort -V\r"
+send "$srun -l -n $task_cnt -m cyclic ./$file_bash | $bin_sort -V\r"
 expect {
 	-re "nodeid:($number) taskid:($number) localid:($number)" {
 		set this_node $expect_out(1,string)
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ set this_cnt  0
 set prev_node -1
 set this_node -1
 set prev_cnt  $block_size
-send "$srun -l -n $task_cnt -m plane=$block_size ./$file_bash | sort -V\r"
+send "$srun -l -n $task_cnt -m plane=$block_size ./$file_bash | $bin_sort -V\r"
 expect {
 	-re "nodeid:($number) taskid:($number) localid:($number)" {
 		set this_node $expect_out(1,string)
diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test1.97 b/testsuite/expect/test1.97
index 2b06be75c87ca577492526d4f9d3f52ec4b5cb3f..0a975815ce63f50ac8fab43daf54bf71326b0aa2 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test1.97
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test1.97
@@ -224,12 +224,13 @@ proc submit_cpu {ntasks ncpus} {
 
 	global srun bin_printenv nodelist exit_code num_nodes tasks nodes
 	global bin_bash number alpha_numeric_nodelist wait_for_job
+	global bin_sort bin_uniq
 
 	# Wait awhile for the jobs to cleanup
 	sleep 2
 
 	set x 0
-	spawn $bin_bash -c "$srun -N$num_nodes -n$ntasks -w$nodelist -c$ncpus --exclusive $bin_printenv SLURMD_NODENAME | sort -V | uniq -c"
+	spawn $bin_bash -c "$srun -N$num_nodes -n$ntasks -w$nodelist -c$ncpus --exclusive $bin_printenv SLURMD_NODENAME | $bin_sort -V | $bin_uniq -c"
 	expect {
 		-re "($number) ($alpha_numeric_nodelist)" {
 			set tasks($x) $expect_out(1,string)
@@ -256,12 +257,13 @@ proc submit_tasks {ntasks ntaskpn} {
 
 	global srun bin_printenv nodelist exit_code num_nodes tasks nodes bin_bash
 	global number alpha_numeric_nodelist
+	global bin_sort bin_uniq
 
 	# Wait awhile for the jobs to clean up
 	sleep 2
 
 	set x 0
-	spawn $bin_bash -c "$srun -N$num_nodes -n$ntasks --ntasks-per-node=$ntaskpn -w$nodelist --exclusive $bin_printenv SLURMD_NODENAME | sort -V | uniq -c"
+	spawn $bin_bash -c "$srun -N$num_nodes -n$ntasks --ntasks-per-node=$ntaskpn -w$nodelist --exclusive $bin_printenv SLURMD_NODENAME | $bin_sort -V | $bin_uniq -c"
 	expect {
 		-re "($number) ($alpha_numeric_nodelist)" {
 			set tasks($x) $expect_out(1,string)
diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test15.24 b/testsuite/expect/test15.24
index 84a2c39d0c87d5c8dd4884757d584cb90dad460d..ad5fa374e0550ea83667beb417a390ca3d944686 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test15.24
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test15.24
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ if {[test_alps]} {
 #
 file delete $file_in $file_out
 make_bash_script $file_in "
-  env | grep SLURM | sort
+  $bin_env | grep SLURM | $bin_sort
   $srun $bin_id"
 
 #
diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test17.32 b/testsuite/expect/test17.32
index 3d4beb18f2e4f76b48c20b79ca68eeb32d9c647f..26caeb7eb5113f58833159f4f0c4476521c84bc3 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test17.32
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test17.32
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ if {[test_alps]} {
 #
 file delete $file_in $file_out
 make_bash_script $file_in "
-  env | grep SLURM | sort
+  $bin_env | grep SLURM | $bin_sort
   $srun $bin_id"
 
 #