diff --git a/test/ignore-pattern.js b/test/ignore-pattern.js
index 9ad0952f..ea1811ba 100644
--- a/test/ignore-pattern.js
+++ b/test/ignore-pattern.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ var tapeBin = path.join(process.cwd(), 'bin/tape');
 
 tap.test('should allow ignore file together with --ignore-pattern', function (tt) {
 	tt.plan(1);
-	var proc = execFile(tapeBin, ['--ignore', '.ignore', '--ignore-pattern', 'fake_other_ignored_dir', '**/*.js'], { cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'ignore-pattern') });
+	var proc = execFile(process.execPath, [tapeBin, '--ignore', '.ignore', '--ignore-pattern', 'fake_other_ignored_dir', '**/*.js'], { cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'ignore-pattern') });
 
 	proc.on('exit', function (code) {
 		tt.equals(code, 0);
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ tap.test('should allow ignore file together with --ignore-pattern', function (tt
 
 tap.test('should allow --ignore-pattern without ignore file', function (tt) {
 	tt.plan(1);
-	var proc = execFile(tapeBin, ['--ignore-pattern', 'fake_*', '**/*.js'], { cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'ignore-pattern') });
+	var proc = execFile(process.execPath, [tapeBin, '--ignore-pattern', 'fake_*', '**/*.js'], { cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'ignore-pattern') });
 
 	proc.on('exit', function (code) {
 		tt.equals(code, 0);
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ tap.test('should allow --ignore-pattern without ignore file', function (tt) {
 
 tap.test('should fail if not ignoring', function (tt) {
 	tt.plan(1);
-	var proc = execFile(tapeBin, ['**/*.js'], { cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'ignore-pattern') });
+	var proc = execFile(process.execPath, [tapeBin, '**/*.js'], { cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'ignore-pattern') });
 
 	proc.on('exit', function (code) {
 		tt.equals(code, 1);
diff --git a/test/ignore_from_gitignore.js b/test/ignore_from_gitignore.js
index 3e46cdc5..b00af153 100644
--- a/test/ignore_from_gitignore.js
+++ b/test/ignore_from_gitignore.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ var stripFullStack = require('./common').stripFullStack;
 
 var tapeBin = path.join(process.cwd(), 'bin/tape');
 
-tap.test('Should pass with ignoring', { skip: process.platform === 'win32' }, function (tt) {
+tap.test('Should pass with ignoring', function (tt) {
 	tt.plan(2);
 
 	var tc = function (rows) {
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ tap.test('Should pass with ignoring', { skip: process.platform === 'win32' }, fu
 		]);
 	};
 
-	var ps = spawn(tapeBin, ['**/*.js', '-i', '.ignore'], { cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'ignore') });
+	var ps = spawn(process.execPath, [tapeBin, '**/*.js', '-i', '.ignore'], { cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'ignore') });
 	ps.stdout.pipe(concat(tc));
 	ps.on('exit', function (code) {
 		tt.equal(code, 0); // code 0
 	});
 });
 
-tap.test('Should pass', { skip: process.platform === 'win32' }, function (tt) {
+tap.test('Should pass', function (tt) {
 	tt.plan(2);
 
 	var tc = function (rows) {
@@ -95,14 +95,14 @@ tap.test('Should pass', { skip: process.platform === 'win32' }, function (tt) {
 		]);
 	};
 
-	var ps = spawn(tapeBin, ['**/*.js'], { cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'ignore') });
+	var ps = spawn(process.execPath, [tapeBin, '**/*.js'], { cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'ignore') });
 	ps.stdout.pipe(concat(tc));
 	ps.on('exit', function (code) {
 		tt.equal(code, 1);
 	});
 });
 
-tap.test('Should fail when ignore file does not exist', { skip: process.platform === 'win32' }, function (tt) {
+tap.test('Should fail when ignore file does not exist', function (tt) {
 	tt.plan(3);
 
 	var testStdout = function (rows) {
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ tap.test('Should fail when ignore file does not exist', { skip: process.platform
 		tt.ok((/^ENOENT[:,] no such file or directory,? (?:open )?'\$TEST\/ignore\/.gitignore'\n$/m).test(stripFullStack(rows.toString('utf8')).join('\n')));
 	};
 
-	var ps = spawn(tapeBin, ['**/*.js', '-i'], { cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'ignore') });
+	var ps = spawn(process.execPath, [tapeBin, '**/*.js', '-i'], { cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'ignore') });
 	ps.stdout.pipe(concat(testStdout));
 	ps.stderr.pipe(concat(testStderr));
 	ps.on('exit', function (code) {
diff --git a/test/import.js b/test/import.js
index 4f8a13ea..c86ed41c 100644
--- a/test/import.js
+++ b/test/import.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ var assign = require('object.assign');
 function tape(args, options) {
 	var bin = __dirname + '/../bin/tape';
 
-	return spawn(process.argv[0], [bin].concat(args.split(' ')), assign({ cwd: __dirname }, options));
+	return spawn(process.execPath, [bin].concat(args.split(' ')), assign({ cwd: __dirname }, options));
 }
 
 tap.test('importing mjs files', function (t) {
diff --git a/test/require.js b/test/require.js
index 70334153..c6a93164 100644
--- a/test/require.js
+++ b/test/require.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ var stripFullStack = require('./common').stripFullStack;
 function tape(args) {
 	var bin = __dirname + '/../bin/tape';
 
-	return spawn('node', [bin].concat(args.split(' ')), { cwd: __dirname });
+	return spawn(process.execPath, [bin].concat(args.split(' ')), { cwd: __dirname });
 }
 
 tap.test('requiring a single module', function (t) {