diff --git a/t/t1007-hash-object.sh b/t/t1007-hash-object.sh
index ac3d173767..64aea38486 100755
--- a/t/t1007-hash-object.sh
+++ b/t/t1007-hash-object.sh
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ test_expect_success 'check that appropriate filter is invoke when --path is used
 	path0_sha=$(git hash-object --path=file0 file1) &&
 	test "$file0_sha" = "$path0_sha" &&
 	test "$file1_sha" = "$path1_sha" &&
-	path1_sha=$(cat file0 | git hash-object --path=file1 --stdin) &&
-	path0_sha=$(cat file1 | git hash-object --path=file0 --stdin) &&
+	path1_sha=$(git hash-object --path=file1 --stdin <file0) &&
+	path0_sha=$(git hash-object --path=file0 --stdin <file1) &&
 	test "$file0_sha" = "$path0_sha" &&
 	test "$file1_sha" = "$path1_sha"
 '
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ test_expect_success '--path works in a subdirectory' '
 test_expect_success 'check that --no-filters option works' '
 	nofilters_file1=$(git hash-object --no-filters file1) &&
 	test "$file0_sha" = "$nofilters_file1" &&
-	nofilters_file1=$(cat file1 | git hash-object --stdin) &&
+	nofilters_file1=$(git hash-object --stdin <file1) &&
 	test "$file0_sha" = "$nofilters_file1"
 '
 
diff --git a/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh b/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh
index e49b8024ac..ab3a105fff 100755
--- a/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh
+++ b/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ test_expect_success 'check-rules non-cone mode' '
 	git -C bare sparse-checkout check-rules --no-cone --rules-file ../rules\
 		>check-rules-file <all-files &&
 
-	cat rules | git -C repo sparse-checkout set --no-cone --stdin &&
+	git -C repo sparse-checkout set --no-cone --stdin <rules &&
 	git -C repo ls-files -t >out &&
 	sed -n "/^S /!s/^. //p" out >ls-files &&