diff --git a/t/t9001-send-email.sh b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
index 2acf389837..aa603cf4d0 100755
--- a/t/t9001-send-email.sh
+++ b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
@@ -539,15 +539,14 @@ test_expect_success $PREREQ "--validate respects relative core.hooksPath path" '
 	test_path_is_file my-hooks.ran &&
 	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
 	fatal: longline.patch: rejected by sendemail-validate hook
-	fatal: command '"'"'$(pwd)/my-hooks/sendemail-validate'"'"' died with exit code 1
+	fatal: command '"'"'$PWD/my-hooks/sendemail-validate'"'"' died with exit code 1
 	warning: no patches were sent
 	EOF
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
 test_expect_success $PREREQ "--validate respects absolute core.hooksPath path" '
-	hooks_path="$(pwd)/my-hooks" &&
-	test_config core.hooksPath "$hooks_path" &&
+	test_config core.hooksPath "$(pwd)/my-hooks" &&
 	test_when_finished "rm my-hooks.ran" &&
 	test_must_fail git send-email \
 		--from="Example <nobody@example.com>" \
@@ -558,7 +557,7 @@ test_expect_success $PREREQ "--validate respects absolute core.hooksPath path" '
 	test_path_is_file my-hooks.ran &&
 	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
 	fatal: longline.patch: rejected by sendemail-validate hook
-	fatal: command '"'"'$hooks_path/sendemail-validate'"'"' died with exit code 1
+	fatal: command '"'"'$PWD/my-hooks/sendemail-validate'"'"' died with exit code 1
 	warning: no patches were sent
 	EOF
 	test_cmp expect actual