diff --git a/test/system/255-auto-update.bats b/test/system/255-auto-update.bats
index 46d6370ecd..ee282326ee 100644
--- a/test/system/255-auto-update.bats
+++ b/test/system/255-auto-update.bats
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function teardown() {
     done < $SNAME_FILE
 
     rm -f $SNAME_FILE
-    run_podman ? rmi -f                            \
+    run_podman '?' rmi -f                            \
             quay.io/libpod/alpine:latest           \
             quay.io/libpod/busybox:latest          \
             quay.io/libpod/localtest:latest        \
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function teardown() {
 
     # The rollback tests may leave some dangling images behind, so let's prune
     # them to leave a clean state.
-    run_podman ? image prune -f
+    run_podman '?' image prune -f
     basic_teardown
 }
 
diff --git a/test/system/272-system-connection.bats b/test/system/272-system-connection.bats
index 5dd045ee73..315cbed0bc 100644
--- a/test/system/272-system-connection.bats
+++ b/test/system/272-system-connection.bats
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ $c2[ ]\+tcp://localhost:54321[ ]\+true" \
     wait_for_port localhost $_SERVICE_PORT
     local timeout=10
     while [[ $timeout -gt 1 ]]; do
-        _run_podman_remote ? info --format '{{.Host.RemoteSocket.Path}}'
+        _run_podman_remote '?' info --format '{{.Host.RemoteSocket.Path}}'
         if [[ $status == 0 ]]; then
             break
         fi