diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index aad7dacf79d..d3f0c0b9d1f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ endif
 
 test: .FORCE vw library_example
 	@echo "vw running test-suite..."
-	(cd test && ./RunTests -d -fe -E 0.001 ../vowpalwabbit/vw ../vowpalwabbit/vw)
+	(cd test && ./RunTests -d -fe -E 0.001 ../vowpalwabbit/vw)
 
 test_gcov: .FORCE vw_gcov library_example_gcov
 	@echo "vw running test-suite..."
diff --git a/test/RunTests b/test/RunTests
index df43a8ae68a..04d5a0d979c 100755
--- a/test/RunTests
+++ b/test/RunTests
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ sub valgrind_errfile($) {
 # which vw executable to test against
 #
 sub which_vw() {
-    if (@ARGV == 1 || @ARGV == 2) {
+    if (@ARGV > 0) {
         my $exe = $ARGV[0];
         if (-f $exe && -x $exe) {
             printf STDERR "Testing vw: %s\n", $exe;