diff --git a/applications/test/checkDecomposePar/Make/files b/applications/test/checkDecomposePar/Make/files
index 512f2b1736..28f156102e 100644
--- a/applications/test/checkDecomposePar/Make/files
+++ b/applications/test/checkDecomposePar/Make/files
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Test-checkDecomposePar.C
 
-EXE = $(FOAM_APPBIN)/Test-checkDecomposePar
+EXE = $(FOAM_USER_APPBIN)/Test-checkDecomposePar
diff --git a/applications/test/surfaceMeshConvert/Make/files b/applications/test/surfaceMeshConvert/Make/files
index 91a99b3fef..83c85dc6f7 100644
--- a/applications/test/surfaceMeshConvert/Make/files
+++ b/applications/test/surfaceMeshConvert/Make/files
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Test-surfaceMeshConvert.C
 
-EXE = $(FOAM_APPBIN)/Test-surfaceMeshConvert
+EXE = $(FOAM_USER_APPBIN)/Test-surfaceMeshConvert
diff --git a/applications/test/surfaceReading/Make/files b/applications/test/surfaceReading/Make/files
index 60efef416d..f908f3f45d 100644
--- a/applications/test/surfaceReading/Make/files
+++ b/applications/test/surfaceReading/Make/files
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Test-surfaceReading.C
 
-EXE = $(FOAM_APPBIN)/Test-surfaceReading
+EXE = $(FOAM_USER_APPBIN)/Test-surfaceReading