diff --git a/test/installation_iojs/install from source b/test/installation_iojs/install from source
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diff --git a/test/installation_node/install from binary with binary flag set b/test/installation_node/install from binary with binary flag set
index ebe74ced516..657e4fa2db5 100755
--- a/test/installation_node/install from binary with binary flag set	
+++ b/test/installation_node/install from binary with binary flag set	
@@ -38,19 +38,10 @@ if [ "${OUTPUT#*"${EXPECTED_OUTPUT}"}" = "${OUTPUT}" ]; then
   die "No source binary flag is active and should have returned >${EXPECTED_OUTPUT}<. Instead it returned >${OUTPUT}<"
 fi
 
-local ARGS
-ARGS=''
-nvm_install_source() {
-  ARGS="$@"
-  echo 'source installed'
-  return 0
-}
-
 # binary fails, falls back to source if -b is not set
 OUTPUT="$(nvm install 9.0.0 2>&1)"
 EXPECTED_OUTPUT="binary failed
-source installed"
+Detected that you have 2 CPU core(s)
+Number of CPU core(s) less than or equal to 2, running in single-threaded mode"
 
 [ "${EXPECTED_OUTPUT}" = "${OUTPUT}" ] || die "expected >${EXPECTED_OUTPUT}<, got >${OUTPUT}<"
-
-[ "${ARGS}" = "-b 9.0.0" ] || die "expected >-b 9.0.0<, got >${ARGS}<"
diff --git a/test/slow/nvm exec/Running 'nvm exec' with help should not parse b/test/slow/nvm exec/Running 'nvm exec' with help should not parse
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