diff --git a/share/spack/qa/completion-test.sh b/share/spack/qa/completion-test.sh
index 5b326b4a6d7..59a5181b980 100755
--- a/share/spack/qa/completion-test.sh
+++ b/share/spack/qa/completion-test.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ contains 'hdf5' _spack_completions spack -d install --jobs 8 ''
 contains 'hdf5' _spack_completions spack install -v ''
 
 # XFAIL: Fails for Python 2.6 because pkg_resources not found?
-#contains 'compilers.py' _spack_completions spack test ''
+#contains 'compilers.py' _spack_completions spack unit-test ''
 
 title 'Testing debugging functions'
 
diff --git a/share/spack/qa/run-unit-tests b/share/spack/qa/run-unit-tests
index c529f8297e9..ec8aaf76b99 100755
--- a/share/spack/qa/run-unit-tests
+++ b/share/spack/qa/run-unit-tests
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ spack -p --lines 20 spec mpileaks%gcc ^elfutils@0.170
 #-----------------------------------------------------------
 # Run unit tests with code coverage
 #-----------------------------------------------------------
-$coverage_run $(which spack) test -x --verbose
+$coverage_run $(which spack) unit-test -x --verbose