diff --git a/test/test-bashfmt.sh b/test/test-bashfmt.sh
index cbd3c265..58140c37 100755
--- a/test/test-bashfmt.sh
+++ b/test/test-bashfmt.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 echo running "$0"
 set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
+#set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
 #ROOT="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && cd .. && pwd )"	# dir!
diff --git a/test/test-gofmt.sh b/test/test-gofmt.sh
index e2c7e9d0..86071742 100755
--- a/test/test-gofmt.sh
+++ b/test/test-gofmt.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 echo running "$0"
 set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
+#set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
 #ROOT="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && cd .. && pwd )"	# dir!
diff --git a/test/test-markdownlint.sh b/test/test-markdownlint.sh
index 2228200d..8f995592 100755
--- a/test/test-markdownlint.sh
+++ b/test/test-markdownlint.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 echo running "$0 $*"
 set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
+#set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
 #ROOT="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && cd .. && pwd )"	# dir!
diff --git a/test/test-yamlfmt.sh b/test/test-yamlfmt.sh
index 8714bb43..037d998b 100755
--- a/test/test-yamlfmt.sh
+++ b/test/test-yamlfmt.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ exit 0	# i give up, we're skipping this entirely, help wanted to fix this
 
 echo running "$0"
 set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
+#set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
 #ROOT="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && cd .. && pwd )"	# dir!