diff --git a/t/t9001-send-email.sh b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
index a298eb04373f622473e3d33c9a46c6734f8a8fc8..f1047d2ef3ee473a924f5819441dd1a7b1829768 100755
--- a/t/t9001-send-email.sh
+++ b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ test_expect_success $PREREQ '--8bit-encoding also treats subject' '
 # Note that the patches in this test are deliberately out of order; we
 # want to make sure it works even if the cover-letter is not in the
 # first mail.
-test_expect_success 'refusing to send cover letter template' '
+test_expect_success $PREREQ 'refusing to send cover letter template' '
 	clean_fake_sendmail &&
 	rm -fr outdir &&
 	git format-patch --cover-letter -2 -o outdir &&
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ test_expect_success 'refusing to send cover letter template' '
 	test -z "$(ls msgtxt*)"
 '
 
-test_expect_success '--force sends cover letter template anyway' '
+test_expect_success $PREREQ '--force sends cover letter template anyway' '
 	clean_fake_sendmail &&
 	rm -fr outdir &&
 	git format-patch --cover-letter -2 -o outdir &&