diff --git a/test/etc/tasks/system/ApplyTest.xml b/test/etc/tasks/system/ApplyTest.xml
index bb3542f0c1..e9e972c0b7 100644
--- a/test/etc/tasks/system/ApplyTest.xml
+++ b/test/etc/tasks/system/ApplyTest.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
   </target>
   
   <target name="testFailOnNonExistingDir">
-    <apply executable="echo" dir="/tmp/non/existent/dir" >
+    <apply executable="/bin/echo" dir="/tmp/non/existent/dir" >
       <fileset dir="/etc" >
         <include name="*.ini" />
       </fileset>
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="testChangeToDir">
-    <apply executable="ls" dir="/tmp/" addsourcefile="false" >
+    <apply executable="/bin/ls" dir="/tmp/" addsourcefile="false" >
       <fileset dir="/etc" >
         <include name="*.ini" />
       </fileset>
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
   </target>
   
   <target name="testOutputProperty">
-    <apply executable="echo" outputProperty="execOutputProp"  addsourcefile="false" parallel="true" >
+    <apply executable="/bin/echo" outputProperty="execOutputProp"  addsourcefile="false" parallel="true" >
       <arg value="foo" />
       <fileset dir="/etc" >
         <include name="*.ini" />
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
   <target name="testEscape">
     <!-- 'Echo' combines multiple spaces, but not on MS Windows -->
     <apply executable="echo" escape="true" addsourcefile="false" parallel="true">
-      <arg line="foo  |  cat" />
+      <arg line="foo  | cat "/>
       <fileset dir="/etc" >
         <include name="*.ini" />
       </fileset>
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
   </target>
   
   <target name="testOutput">
-    <apply executable="echo" output="${execTmpFile}" addsourcefile="false" parallel="true">
+    <apply executable="/bin/echo" output="${execTmpFile}" addsourcefile="false" parallel="true">
       <arg value="outfoo" />
       <fileset dir="/etc" >
         <include name="*.ini" />
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="testError">
-    <apply executable="php" error="${execTmpFile}" addsourcefile="false" parallel="true"  >
+    <apply executable="/usr/bin/php" error="${execTmpFile}" addsourcefile="false" parallel="true"  >
       <arg line=" -r &quot;error_log('errfoo');&quot; " />
       <fileset dir="/etc" >
         <include name="*.ini" />
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
   </target>
   
   <target name="testSpawn">
-    <apply executable="sleep" spawn="true" addsourcefile="false" parallel="true" >
+    <apply executable="/bin/sleep" spawn="true" addsourcefile="false" parallel="true" >
       <arg value="5" />
       <fileset dir="/etc" >
         <include name="*.ini" />
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="testNestedArgs">
-    <apply executable="echo" addsourcefile="false" parallel="true" >
+    <apply executable="/bin/echo" addsourcefile="false" parallel="true" >
       <arg value="Hello" />
       <arg line="World" />
       <fileset dir="/etc" >
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="testEscapedArg">
-    <apply executable="echo" escape="true" outputProperty="outval" addsourcefile="false" parallel="true">
+    <apply executable="/bin/echo" escape="true" outputProperty="outval" addsourcefile="false" parallel="true">
       <arg value="abc$b3!SB" />
       <fileset dir="/etc" >
         <include name="*.ini" />
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="testOutputAppend">
-    <apply executable="echo" parallel="true" output="${execTmpFile}" append="true" addsourcefile="false" >
+    <apply executable="/bin/echo" parallel="true" output="${execTmpFile}" append="true" addsourcefile="false" >
       <arg value="Append OK" />
       <fileset dir="/etc" ><include name="*.ini" /></fileset>
       <fileset dir="/etc" ><include name="*.conf" /></fileset>
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="testParallel">
-    <apply executable="echo" parallel="true" addsourcefile="false" >
+    <apply executable="/bin/echo" parallel="true" addsourcefile="false" >
       <arg value="Hello" />
       <fileset dir="/etc" ><include name="*.conf" /></fileset>
     </apply>