diff --git a/test/prefix.bats b/test/prefix.bats
index c0f73627..94f7739b 100644
--- a/test/prefix.bats
+++ b/test/prefix.bats
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ load test_helper
 
 @test "prefix for system in /" {
   mkdir -p "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/libexec"
-  touch "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/libexec/pyenv-which"
-  echo "echo /bin/python" >"${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/libexec/pyenv-which"
+  { echo "#!/bin/sh"
+    echo "echo /bin/python"
+  } >"${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/libexec/pyenv-which"
   chmod +x "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/libexec/pyenv-which"
   PYENV_VERSION="system" run pyenv-prefix
   assert_success "/"