diff --git a/builtin/provisioners/remote-exec/resource_provisioner_test.go b/builtin/provisioners/remote-exec/resource_provisioner_test.go
index 47a723947..a10520fb8 100644
--- a/builtin/provisioners/remote-exec/resource_provisioner_test.go
+++ b/builtin/provisioners/remote-exec/resource_provisioner_test.go
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ func TestResourceProvider_Validate_bad(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+var expectedScriptOut = `cd /tmp
+wget http://foobar
+exit 0
+`
+
 func TestResourceProvider_generateScript(t *testing.T) {
 	p := new(ResourceProvisioner)
 	conf := testConfig(t, map[string]interface{}{
@@ -60,12 +65,6 @@ func TestResourceProvider_generateScript(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-var expectedScriptOut = `#!/bin/sh
-cd /tmp
-wget http://foobar
-exit 0
-`
-
 func TestResourceProvider_CollectScripts_inline(t *testing.T) {
 	p := new(ResourceProvisioner)
 	conf := testConfig(t, map[string]interface{}{
@@ -91,8 +90,8 @@ func TestResourceProvider_CollectScripts_inline(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if string(out.Bytes()) != expectedScriptOut {
-		t.Fatalf("bad: %v", out.Bytes())
+	if out.String() != expectedScriptOut {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %v", out.String())
 	}
 }
 
@@ -117,8 +116,8 @@ func TestResourceProvider_CollectScripts_script(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if string(out.Bytes()) != expectedScriptOut {
-		t.Fatalf("bad: %v", out.Bytes())
+	if out.String() != expectedScriptOut {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %v", out.String())
 	}
 }
 
@@ -148,8 +147,8 @@ func TestResourceProvider_CollectScripts_scripts(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
 		}
 
-		if string(out.Bytes()) != expectedScriptOut {
-			t.Fatalf("bad: %v", out.Bytes())
+		if out.String() != expectedScriptOut {
+			t.Fatalf("bad: %v", out.String())
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/builtin/provisioners/remote-exec/test-fixtures/script1.sh b/builtin/provisioners/remote-exec/test-fixtures/script1.sh
index cd22f3e63..81b3d5af8 100755
--- a/builtin/provisioners/remote-exec/test-fixtures/script1.sh
+++ b/builtin/provisioners/remote-exec/test-fixtures/script1.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/bin/sh
 cd /tmp
 wget http://foobar
 exit 0