diff --git a/test/recur.limit.t b/test/recur.limit.t
index cb0dc94f1..5f1401874 100755
--- a/test/recur.limit.t
+++ b/test/recur.limit.t
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use Test::More tests => 5;
+use Test::More tests => 3;
 
 # Ensure environment has no influence.
 delete $ENV{'TASKDATA'};
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ if (open my $fh, '>', 'recur.rc')
   print $fh "data.location=.\n",
             "defaultwidth=100\n";
   close $fh;
-  ok (-r 'recur.rc', 'Created recur.rc');
 }
 
 # Add a recurring task, then see how many future pending tasks are
@@ -58,11 +57,5 @@ like ($output, qr/No duplicates found/, 'No duplicate UUIDs detected');
 
 # Cleanup.
 unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data recur.rc);
-ok (! -r 'pending.data'   &&
-    ! -r 'completed.data' &&
-    ! -r 'undo.data'      &&
-    ! -r 'backlog.data'   &&
-    ! -r 'recur.rc', 'Cleanup');
-
 exit 0;
 
diff --git a/test/recur.sort.t b/test/recur.sort.t
index 26f8acec3..200fc7129 100755
--- a/test/recur.sort.t
+++ b/test/recur.sort.t
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use Test::More tests => 5;
+use Test::More tests => 3;
 
 # Ensure environment has no influence.
 delete $ENV{'TASKDATA'};
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ if (open my $fh, '>', 'recur.rc')
             "report.desc.columns=id,recur,description\n",
             "report.desc.sort=recur-\n";
   close $fh;
-  ok (-r 'recur.rc', 'Created recur.rc');
 }
 
 # Create a few recurring tasks, and test the sort order of the recur column.
@@ -61,11 +60,5 @@ like ($output, qr/No duplicates found/, 'No duplicate UUIDs detected');
 
 # Cleanup.
 unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data recur.rc);
-ok (! -r 'pending.data'   &&
-    ! -r 'completed.data' &&
-    ! -r 'undo.data'      &&
-    ! -r 'backlog.data'   &&
-    ! -r 'recur.rc', 'Cleanup');
-
 exit 0;
 
diff --git a/test/recur.t b/test/recur.t
index 4a38997bc..650ba017e 100755
--- a/test/recur.t
+++ b/test/recur.t
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use Test::More tests => 11;
+use Test::More tests => 9;
 
 # Ensure environment has no influence.
 delete $ENV{'TASKDATA'};
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ if (open my $fh, '>', 'recur.rc')
             "confirmation=off\n",
             "recurrence.limit=1\n";
   close $fh;
-  ok (-r 'recur.rc', 'Created recur.rc');
 }
 
 # Create a recurring and non-recurring task.
@@ -98,11 +97,5 @@ like ($output, qr/No duplicates found/, 'No duplicate UUIDs detected');
 
 # Cleanup.
 unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data recur.rc);
-ok (! -r 'pending.data'   &&
-    ! -r 'completed.data' &&
-    ! -r 'undo.data'      &&
-    ! -r 'backlog.data'   &&
-    ! -r 'recur.rc', 'Cleanup');
-
 exit 0;
 
diff --git a/test/recur.weekdays.t b/test/recur.weekdays.t
index 6f2791b04..bb65e59b6 100755
--- a/test/recur.weekdays.t
+++ b/test/recur.weekdays.t
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use Test::More tests => 5;
+use Test::More tests => 3;
 
 # Ensure environment has no influence.
 delete $ENV{'TASKDATA'};
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ if (open my $fh, '>', 'recur.rc')
 {
   print $fh "data.location=.\n";
   close $fh;
-  ok (-r 'recur.rc', 'Created recur.rc');
 }
 
 # Create a few recurring tasks, and test the sort order of the recur column.
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ like ($output, qr/one/, 'recur weekdays');
 $output = qx{../src/task rc:recur.rc info 1 2>&1};
 like ($output, qr/Recurrence\s+weekdays/, 'task recurs every weekday');
 
-qx{../src/task rc:recur.rc 1 do 2>&1};
+qx{../src/task rc:recur.rc 1 done 2>&1};
 $output = qx{../src/task rc:recur.rc list 2>&1};
 
 $output = qx{../src/task rc:recur.rc diag 2>&1};
@@ -57,11 +56,5 @@ like ($output, qr/No duplicates found/, 'No duplicate UUIDs detected');
 
 # Cleanup.
 unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data recur.rc);
-ok (! -r 'pending.data'   &&
-    ! -r 'completed.data' &&
-    ! -r 'undo.data'      &&
-    ! -r 'backlog.data'   &&
-    ! -r 'recur.rc', 'Cleanup');
-
 exit 0;