diff --git a/t/helper/test-pkt-line.c b/t/helper/test-pkt-line.c
index 282d536384..12ca698e17 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-pkt-line.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-pkt-line.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static void unpack_sideband(void)
 		case PACKET_READ_NORMAL:
 			band = reader.line[0] & 0xff;
 			if (band < 1 || band > 2)
-				die("unexpected side band %d", band);
+				continue; /* skip non-sideband packets */
 			fd = band;
 
 			write_or_die(fd, reader.line + 1, reader.pktlen - 1);
diff --git a/t/t4061-diff-indent.sh b/t/t4061-diff-indent.sh
index 2affd7a100..0f7a6d97a8 100755
--- a/t/t4061-diff-indent.sh
+++ b/t/t4061-diff-indent.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ compare_diff () {
 # Compare blame output using the expectation for a diff as reference.
 # Only look for the lines coming from non-boundary commits.
 compare_blame () {
-	sed -n -e "1,4d" -e "s/^\+//p" <"$1" >.tmp-1
+	sed -n -e "1,4d" -e "s/^+//p" <"$1" >.tmp-1
 	sed -ne "s/^[^^][^)]*) *//p" <"$2" >.tmp-2
 	test_cmp .tmp-1 .tmp-2 && rm -f .tmp-1 .tmp-2
 }
diff --git a/t/t4124-apply-ws-rule.sh b/t/t4124-apply-ws-rule.sh
index 971a5a7512..0ca29821ec 100755
--- a/t/t4124-apply-ws-rule.sh
+++ b/t/t4124-apply-ws-rule.sh
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ test_fix () {
 
 	# find touched lines
 	$DIFF file target | sed -n -e "s/^> //p" >fixed
+	# busybox's diff(1) doesn't output normal format
+	if ! test -s fixed
+	then
+		$DIFF -u file target |
+		grep -v '^+++ target' |
+		sed -ne "/^+/s/+//p" >fixed
+	fi
 
 	# the changed lines are all expected to change
 	fixed_cnt=$(wc -l <fixed)
diff --git a/t/t5003-archive-zip.sh b/t/t5003-archive-zip.sh
index 106eddbd85..3b76d2eb65 100755
--- a/t/t5003-archive-zip.sh
+++ b/t/t5003-archive-zip.sh
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ test_description='git archive --format=zip test'
 SUBSTFORMAT=%H%n
 
 test_lazy_prereq UNZIP_SYMLINKS '
-	(
-		mkdir unzip-symlinks &&
-		cd unzip-symlinks &&
-		"$GIT_UNZIP" "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t5003/infozip-symlinks.zip &&
-		test -h symlink
-	)
+	"$GIT_UNZIP" "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t5003/infozip-symlinks.zip &&
+	test -h symlink
+'
+
+test_lazy_prereq UNZIP_CONVERT '
+	"$GIT_UNZIP" -a "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t5003/infozip-symlinks.zip
 '
 
 check_zip() {
@@ -39,33 +39,33 @@ check_zip() {
 	extracted=${dir_with_prefix}a
 	original=a
 
-	test_expect_success UNZIP " extract ZIP archive with EOL conversion" '
+	test_expect_success UNZIP_CONVERT " extract ZIP archive with EOL conversion" '
 		(mkdir $dir && cd $dir && "$GIT_UNZIP" -a ../$zipfile)
 	'
 
-	test_expect_success UNZIP " validate that text files are converted" "
+	test_expect_success UNZIP_CONVERT " validate that text files are converted" "
 		test_cmp_bin $extracted/text.cr $extracted/text.crlf &&
 		test_cmp_bin $extracted/text.cr $extracted/text.lf
 	"
 
-	test_expect_success UNZIP " validate that binary files are unchanged" "
+	test_expect_success UNZIP_CONVERT " validate that binary files are unchanged" "
 		test_cmp_bin $original/binary.cr   $extracted/binary.cr &&
 		test_cmp_bin $original/binary.crlf $extracted/binary.crlf &&
 		test_cmp_bin $original/binary.lf   $extracted/binary.lf
 	"
 
-	test_expect_success UNZIP " validate that diff files are converted" "
+	test_expect_success UNZIP_CONVERT " validate that diff files are converted" "
 		test_cmp_bin $extracted/diff.cr $extracted/diff.crlf &&
 		test_cmp_bin $extracted/diff.cr $extracted/diff.lf
 	"
 
-	test_expect_success UNZIP " validate that -diff files are unchanged" "
+	test_expect_success UNZIP_CONVERT " validate that -diff files are unchanged" "
 		test_cmp_bin $original/nodiff.cr   $extracted/nodiff.cr &&
 		test_cmp_bin $original/nodiff.crlf $extracted/nodiff.crlf &&
 		test_cmp_bin $original/nodiff.lf   $extracted/nodiff.lf
 	"
 
-	test_expect_success UNZIP " validate that custom diff is unchanged " "
+	test_expect_success UNZIP_CONVERT " validate that custom diff is unchanged " "
 		test_cmp_bin $original/custom.cr   $extracted/custom.cr &&
 		test_cmp_bin $original/custom.crlf $extracted/custom.crlf &&
 		test_cmp_bin $original/custom.lf   $extracted/custom.lf
diff --git a/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh b/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh
index 8f0d81a27e..88002b24af 100755
--- a/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh
+++ b/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ test_expect_success 'do partial clone 1' '
 test_expect_success 'verify that .promisor file contains refs fetched' '
 	ls pc1/.git/objects/pack/pack-*.promisor >promisorlist &&
 	test_line_count = 1 promisorlist &&
-	git -C srv.bare rev-list HEAD >headhash &&
+	git -C srv.bare rev-parse --verify HEAD >headhash &&
 	grep "$(cat headhash) HEAD" $(cat promisorlist) &&
 	grep "$(cat headhash) refs/heads/master" $(cat promisorlist)
 '
diff --git a/t/t5703-upload-pack-ref-in-want.sh b/t/t5703-upload-pack-ref-in-want.sh
index 7fba3063bf..a34460f7d8 100755
--- a/t/t5703-upload-pack-ref-in-want.sh
+++ b/t/t5703-upload-pack-ref-in-want.sh
@@ -13,10 +13,7 @@ get_actual_refs () {
 }
 
 get_actual_commits () {
-	sed -n -e '/packfile/,/0000/{
-		/packfile/d
-		p
-		}' <out | test-tool pkt-line unpack-sideband >o.pack &&
+	test-tool pkt-line unpack-sideband <out >o.pack &&
 	git index-pack o.pack &&
 	git verify-pack -v o.idx >objs &&
 	grep commit objs | cut -d" " -f1 | sort >actual_commits
diff --git a/t/t7063-status-untracked-cache.sh b/t/t7063-status-untracked-cache.sh
index 190ae149cf..6738497ea7 100755
--- a/t/t7063-status-untracked-cache.sh
+++ b/t/t7063-status-untracked-cache.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ GIT_FORCE_UNTRACKED_CACHE=true
 export GIT_FORCE_UNTRACKED_CACHE
 
 sync_mtime () {
-	find . -type d -ls >/dev/null
+	find . -type d -exec ls -ld {} + >/dev/null
 }
 
 avoid_racy() {
diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
index d9ef356a16..3103be8a32 100644
--- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ test_expect_code () {
 # - not all diff versions understand "-u"
 
 test_cmp() {
-	$GIT_TEST_CMP "$@"
+	eval "$GIT_TEST_CMP" '"$@"'
 }
 
 # Check that the given config key has the expected value.