diff --git a/test/functional/legacy/074_global_var_in_viminfo_spec.lua b/test/functional/legacy/074_global_var_in_viminfo_spec.lua
index e160f69592..e17b463e30 100644
--- a/test/functional/legacy/074_global_var_in_viminfo_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/legacy/074_global_var_in_viminfo_spec.lua
@@ -26,16 +26,14 @@ describe('storing global variables in ShaDa files', function()
       71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88,
       89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100}
 
-    command(
-      -- This will cause a few errors, do it silently.
-      'set visualbell',
-      'set shada+=!',
-      "let MY_GLOBAL_DICT={'foo': 1, 'bar': 0, 'longvarible': 1000}",
-      -- Store a really long list. Initially this was testing line wrapping in
-      -- viminfo, but shada files has no line wrapping, no matter how long the
-      -- list is.
-      'let MY_GLOBAL_LIST=range(1,100)'
-    )
+    command('set visualbell')
+    command('set shada+=!')
+    command('let MY_GLOBAL_DICT={\'foo\': 1, \'bar\': 0, \'longvarible\': 1000}')
+    -- Store a really long list. Initially this was testing line wrapping in
+    -- viminfo, but shada files has no line wrapping, no matter how long the
+    -- list is.
+    command('let MY_GLOBAL_LIST=range(1, 100)')
+
     eq(test_dict, eval('MY_GLOBAL_DICT'))
     eq(test_list, eval('MY_GLOBAL_LIST'))
 
@@ -44,8 +42,8 @@ describe('storing global variables in ShaDa files', function()
 
     -- Assert that the shada file exists.
     neq(nil, lfs.attributes(tempname))
-    command('unlet MY_GLOBAL_DICT',
-            'unlet MY_GLOBAL_LIST')
+    command('unlet MY_GLOBAL_DICT')
+    command('unlet MY_GLOBAL_LIST')
     -- Assert that the variables where deleted.
     eq(0, eval('exists("MY_GLOBAL_DICT")'))
     eq(0, eval('exists("MY_GLOBAL_LIST")'))