diff --git a/tests/avwsplit_test.sh b/tests/avwsplit_test.sh
index 9e204b40c7926ee870d3a848b487aa6cd173389f..c9a980228026036cd35ca1c24e980c2fc914d1a5 100755
--- a/tests/avwsplit_test.sh
+++ b/tests/avwsplit_test.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ flag=0
 for setting in -t -x -y -z
 do
 ../avwsplit++ $FSLTESTDIR/common/filtered_func_data.nii.gz vol $setting
-../avwmerge++ $setting temp vol*
+../avwmerge $setting temp vol*
 avwmaths temp -Tmean temp2 
 avwmaths $FSLTESTDIR/common/filtered_func_data.nii.gz -Tmean temp
 avwmaths temp -sub temp2 temp3
diff --git a/tests/run_alltests.sh b/tests/run_alltests.sh
index ef016fed740ef477665304fad50e90abfdce50d4..0a49fe0b9c69d1a8abb92fa2f1f4d43542c67852 100755
--- a/tests/run_alltests.sh
+++ b/tests/run_alltests.sh
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ echo "Running avwsplit tests"
 echo "************************************"
 echo "Running avwcc tests"
 ./avwcc_test.sh
-echo "************************************"
-echo "Running avwmerge tests"
-./avwmerge_test.sh
+# echo "************************************"
+# echo "Running avwmerge tests"
+# ./avwmerge_test.sh
 echo "************************************"
 echo "Running avwinterleave tests"
 ./avwinterleave_test.sh