diff --git a/tests/testsuite/features.rs b/tests/testsuite/features.rs
index c5aaac6a581..17524b96c08 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/features.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/features.rs
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ fn many_cli_features() {
         .build();
 
     assert_that(
-        p.cargo("build --features bar baz"),
+        p.cargo("build --features").arg("bar baz"),
         execs().with_stderr(format!(
             "\
 [COMPILING] ba[..] v0.0.1 ({dir}/ba[..])
@@ -1394,7 +1394,7 @@ fn many_cli_features_comma_and_space_delimited() {
         .build();
 
     assert_that(
-        p.cargo("build --features bar,baz bam bap"),
+        p.cargo("build --features").arg("bar,baz bam bap"),
         execs().with_stderr(format!(
             "\
 [COMPILING] ba[..] v0.0.1 ({dir}/ba[..])
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/metadata.rs b/tests/testsuite/metadata.rs
index e1b7edb711e..2ad48f7dbdb 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/metadata.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/metadata.rs
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ fn multiple_features() {
         .build();
 
     assert_that(
-        p.cargo("metadata --features a b"),
+        p.cargo("metadata --features").arg("a b"),
         execs(),
     );
 }