diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6669bf0..10aee94 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
/git-remote-ftps
/git-remote-fd
/git-remote-ext
+/git-remote-testgit
/git-remote-testpy
/git-remote-testsvn
/git-repack
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0f931a2..5f424a7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@ SCRIPT_SH += git-mergetool.sh
SCRIPT_SH += git-pull.sh
SCRIPT_SH += git-quiltimport.sh
SCRIPT_SH += git-rebase.sh
+SCRIPT_SH += git-remote-testgit.sh
SCRIPT_SH += git-repack.sh
SCRIPT_SH += git-request-pull.sh
SCRIPT_SH += git-stash.sh
diff --git a/git-remote-testgit b/git-remote-testgit.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from git-remote-testgit
rename to git-remote-testgit.sh
diff --git a/t/t5801-remote-helpers.sh b/t/t5801-remote-helpers.sh
index c956abd..0a83db8 100755
--- a/t/t5801-remote-helpers.sh
+++ b/t/t5801-remote-helpers.sh
@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@ test_description='Test remote-helper import and export commands'
. ./test-lib.sh
-if ! type "${BASH-bash}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
- skip_all='skipping remote-testgit tests, bash not available'
- test_done
-fi
-
compare_refs() {
git --git-dir="$1/.git" rev-parse --verify $2 >expect &&
git --git-dir="$3/.git" rev-parse --verify $4 >actual &&--
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