diff --git a/test/external_code/test_make.sh b/test/external_code/test_make.sh
index fdf291de1..af8785d38 100755
--- a/test/external_code/test_make.sh
+++ b/test/external_code/test_make.sh
@@ -17,32 +17,29 @@ make -C $SPDK_DIR -j$(nproc)
 export SPDK_HEADER_DIR="$SPDK_DIR/include"
 export SPDK_LIB_DIR="$SPDK_DIR/build/lib"
 export DPDK_LIB_DIR="$SPDK_DIR/dpdk/build/lib"
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$SPDK_LIB_DIR:$DPDK_LIB_DIR:"$test_root/passthru"
 
 # The default target is to make both the app and bdev and link them against the combined SPDK shared library libspdk.so.
 run_test "external_make_tc1" make -C $test_root hello_world_bdev_shared_combo
-
-LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$SPDK_LIB_DIR:$DPDK_LIB_DIR:"$test_root/passthru" run_test "external_run_tc1" $test_root/hello_world/hello_bdev --json $test_root/hello_world/bdev_external.conf -b TestPT
+run_test "external_run_tc1" $test_root/hello_world/hello_bdev --json $test_root/hello_world/bdev_external.conf -b TestPT
 
 make -C $test_root clean
 
 # Make just the application linked against the combined SPDK shared library libspdk.so.
 run_test "external_make_tc2" make -C $test_root hello_world_no_bdev_shared_combo
-
-LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$SPDK_LIB_DIR:$DPDK_LIB_DIR run_test "external_run_tc2" $test_root/hello_world/hello_bdev --json $test_root/hello_world/bdev.conf -b Malloc0
+run_test "external_run_tc2" $test_root/hello_world/hello_bdev --json $test_root/hello_world/bdev.conf -b Malloc0
 
 make -C $test_root clean
 
 # Make both the application and bdev against individual SPDK shared libraries.
 run_test "external_make_tc3" make -C $test_root hello_world_bdev_shared_iso
-
-LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$SPDK_LIB_DIR:$DPDK_LIB_DIR:"$test_root/passthru" run_test "external_run_tc3" $test_root/hello_world/hello_bdev --json $test_root/hello_world/bdev_external.conf -b TestPT
+run_test "external_run_tc3" $test_root/hello_world/hello_bdev --json $test_root/hello_world/bdev_external.conf -b TestPT
 
 make -C $test_root clean
 
 # Make just the application linked against individual SPDK shared libraries.
 run_test "external_make_tc4" make -C $test_root hello_world_no_bdev_shared_iso
-
-LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$SPDK_LIB_DIR:$DPDK_LIB_DIR run_test "external_run_tc4" $test_root/hello_world/hello_bdev --json $test_root/hello_world/bdev.conf -b Malloc0
+run_test "external_run_tc4" $test_root/hello_world/hello_bdev --json $test_root/hello_world/bdev.conf -b Malloc0
 
 make -C $test_root clean
 
@@ -52,15 +49,13 @@ make -C $SPDK_DIR -j$(nproc)
 
 # Make both the application and bdev against individual SPDK archives.
 run_test "external_make_tc5" make -C $test_root hello_world_bdev_static
-
-LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$SPDK_LIB_DIR:$DPDK_LIB_DIR:"$test_root/passthru" run_test "external_run_tc5" $test_root/hello_world/hello_bdev --json $test_root/hello_world/bdev_external.conf -b TestPT
+run_test "external_run_tc5" $test_root/hello_world/hello_bdev --json $test_root/hello_world/bdev_external.conf -b TestPT
 
 make -C $test_root clean
 
 # Make just the application linked against individual SPDK archives.
 run_test "external_make_tc6" make -C $test_root hello_world_no_bdev_static
-
-LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$SPDK_LIB_DIR:$DPDK_LIB_DIR run_test "external_run_tc6" $test_root/hello_world/hello_bdev --json $test_root/hello_world/bdev.conf -b Malloc0
+run_test "external_run_tc6" $test_root/hello_world/hello_bdev --json $test_root/hello_world/bdev.conf -b Malloc0
 
 make -C $test_root clean
 make -C $SPDK_DIR -j$(nproc) clean