3 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/test/functional/ex_cmds/encoding_spec.lua b/test/functional/ex_cmds/encoding_spec.lua
index 4d96335d62..e2b3e7e31d 100644
--- a/test/functional/ex_cmds/encoding_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/ex_cmds/encoding_spec.lua
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe('&encoding', function()
   end)
 
   it('can be changed before startup', function()
-    clear('set enc=latin1')
+    clear('--cmd', 'set enc=latin1')
     execute('set encoding=utf-8')
     -- error message expected
     feed('<cr>')
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ describe('&encoding', function()
 
   it('is not changed by `set all&`', function()
     -- we need to set &encoding to something non-default. Use 'latin1'
-    clear('set enc=latin1')
+    clear('--cmd', 'set enc=latin1')
     execute('set all&')
     eq('latin1', eval('&encoding'))
     eq(4, eval('strwidth("Bär")'))
diff --git a/test/functional/ex_cmds/quit_spec.lua b/test/functional/ex_cmds/quit_spec.lua
index 697c000766..016a607743 100644
--- a/test/functional/ex_cmds/quit_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/ex_cmds/quit_spec.lua
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ local clear = helpers.clear
 
 describe(':qa', function()
   before_each(function() 
-    clear('qa')
+    clear('--cmd', 'qa')
   end)
 
   it('verify #3334', function()
diff --git a/test/functional/ex_cmds/write_spec.lua b/test/functional/ex_cmds/write_spec.lua
index 7f5eba1fc8..b38ae29f7d 100644
--- a/test/functional/ex_cmds/write_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/ex_cmds/write_spec.lua
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ describe(':write', function()
   end)
 
   it('&backupcopy=auto preserves symlinks', function()
-    clear('set backupcopy=auto')
+    clear('--cmd', 'set backupcopy=auto')
     write_file('test_bkc_file.txt', 'content0')
     execute("silent !ln -s test_bkc_file.txt test_bkc_link.txt")
     source([[
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe(':write', function()
   end)
 
   it('&backupcopy=no replaces symlink with new file', function()
-    clear('set backupcopy=no')
+    clear('--cmd', 'set backupcopy=no')
     write_file('test_bkc_file.txt', 'content0')
     execute("silent !ln -s test_bkc_file.txt test_bkc_link.txt")
     source([[