diff --git a/shell/ash_test/ash-misc/env_and_func.right b/shell/ash_test/ash-misc/env_and_func.right
index 5fc3488..4a15450 100644
--- a/shell/ash_test/ash-misc/env_and_func.right
+++ b/shell/ash_test/ash-misc/env_and_func.right
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 var=val
-var=val
+var=old
diff --git a/shell/ash_test/ash-misc/env_and_func.tests b/shell/ash_test/ash-misc/env_and_func.tests
index 3efef1a..1c63eaf 100755
--- a/shell/ash_test/ash-misc/env_and_func.tests
+++ b/shell/ash_test/ash-misc/env_and_func.tests
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 # bash: POSIXLY_CORRECT behavior is to "leak" new variable values
 # out of function invocations (similar to "special builtins" behavior);
 # but in "bash mode", they don't leak.
-# hush does not "leak" values. ash does.
+# hush does not "leak" values. ash used to, but now does not.
 var=val f
 echo "var=$var"
diff --git a/shell/ash_test/ash-vars/var_leak.right b/shell/ash_test/ash-vars/var_leak.right
index 01a5e32..7646800 100644
--- a/shell/ash_test/ash-vars/var_leak.right
+++ b/shell/ash_test/ash-vars/var_leak.right
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 should be empty: ''
 should be empty: ''
 should be not empty: 'val2'
-should be not empty: 'val3'
+should be empty: ''
diff --git a/shell/ash_test/ash-vars/var_leak.tests b/shell/ash_test/ash-vars/var_leak.tests
index 5242e24..adf6669 100755
--- a/shell/ash_test/ash-vars/var_leak.tests
+++ b/shell/ash_test/ash-vars/var_leak.tests
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@
 VAR=val2 exec 2>&1
 echo "should be not empty: '$VAR'"
 
-# ash follows the "function call is a special builtin" rule here
-# (bash does not do it)
 f() { true; }
 VAR=''
 VAR=val3 f
-echo "should be not empty: '$VAR'"
+echo "should be empty: '$VAR'"