diff --git a/shell/ash_test/ash-redir/redir7.tests b/shell/ash_test/ash-redir/redir7.tests
index ca3979a..e873a46 100755
--- a/shell/ash_test/ash-redir/redir7.tests
+++ b/shell/ash_test/ash-redir/redir7.tests
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 # was out of sync for redirect filenames.
 
 >unicode.sh
-echo -e 'echo Ok >uni\x81code' >>unicode.sh
-echo -e 'cat uni\x81code' >>unicode.sh
-echo -e 'cat uni?code' >>unicode.sh
+printf 'echo Ok >uni\x81code\n' >>unicode.sh
+printf 'cat uni\x81code\n' >>unicode.sh
+printf 'cat uni?code\n' >>unicode.sh
 . ./unicode.sh
 rm uni*code*
 echo Done
diff --git a/shell/ash_test/ash-redir/redir8.tests b/shell/ash_test/ash-redir/redir8.tests
index 8cb42c0..2bd3867 100755
--- a/shell/ash_test/ash-redir/redir8.tests
+++ b/shell/ash_test/ash-redir/redir8.tests
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 # Subcase when redirect filename is specified in a variable.
 
 >unicode.sh
-echo -e 'v=uni\x81code' >>unicode.sh
-echo -e 'echo Ok >"$v"' >>unicode.sh
-echo -e 'cat uni\x81code' >>unicode.sh
-echo -e 'cat uni?code' >>unicode.sh
+printf 'v=uni\x81code\n' >>unicode.sh
+printf 'echo Ok >"$v"\n' >>unicode.sh
+printf 'cat uni\x81code\n' >>unicode.sh
+printf 'cat uni?code\n' >>unicode.sh
 . ./unicode.sh
 rm uni*code*
 echo Done