diff --git a/testsuite/itemize.test b/testsuite/itemize.test
index 80b50050..15fd6737 100644
--- a/testsuite/itemize.test
+++ b/testsuite/itemize.test
@@ -25,16 +25,15 @@ umask 0
 ln -s ../bar/baz/rsync "$fromdir/foo/sym"
 umask 022
 ln "$fromdir/foo/config1" "$fromdir/foo/extra"
+rm -f "$to2dir"
 
-# Check if the OS can hard-link symlinks or not.
-# (Note: the link we check MUST NOT point to a valid file!)
-ln -s no-such-dir "$to2dir"
-if ln "$to2dir" "$to2dir.test" 2>/dev/null; then
+# Check if rsync is set to hard-link symlinks.
+confile=`echo "$scratchdir" | sed 's;/testtmp/itemize$;/config.h;'`
+if egrep '^#define CAN_HARDLINK_SYMLINK 1' "$confile" >/dev/null; then
     L=hL
 else
     L=cL
 fi
-rm -f "$to2dir" "$to2dir.test"
 
 # Check if rsync can preserve time on symlinks
 case "$RSYNC" in
diff --git a/testsuite/merge.test b/testsuite/merge.test
index cc979bc4..1720a181 100644
--- a/testsuite/merge.test
+++ b/testsuite/merge.test
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ $RSYNC -av --existing -f 'exclude,! */' from2/ from3/
 $RSYNC -av --existing -f 'exclude,! */' from1/ chk/
 $RSYNC -av --existing -f 'exclude,! */' from3/ chk/
 
-checkit "$RSYNC -avv deep/arg-test shallow from1/ from2/ from3/ to/" chk to
+checkit "$RSYNC -avv deep/arg-test shallow from1/ from2/ from3/ to/" "$chkdir" "$todir"
 
 # The script would have aborted on error, so getting here means we've won.
 exit 0