diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index cf3e4ef..1801428 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Work in progress
 * Build:
 
   - Make test output nicer in CMake based builds (#683)
+  - Simplify tests (#685)
 
 Version 2.14
 ============
diff --git a/test/bin/json_process.c b/test/bin/json_process.c
index 3fa926b..965fa6b 100644
--- a/test/bin/json_process.c
+++ b/test/bin/json_process.c
@@ -80,11 +80,10 @@ static char *loadfile(FILE *file) {
 
 static void read_conf(FILE *conffile) {
     char *buffer, *line, *val;
+    conf.have_hashseed = 0;
 
     buffer = loadfile(conffile);
     for (line = strtok(buffer, "\r\n"); line; line = strtok(NULL, "\r\n")) {
-        if (!strncmp(line, "export ", 7))
-            continue;
         val = strchr(line, '=');
         if (!val) {
             printf("invalid configuration line\n");
@@ -109,8 +108,6 @@ static void read_conf(FILE *conffile) {
         if (!strcmp(line, "HASHSEED")) {
             conf.have_hashseed = 1;
             conf.hashseed = atoi(val);
-        } else {
-            conf.have_hashseed = 0;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/test/suites/encoding-flags/compact-array/env b/test/suites/encoding-flags/compact-array/env
index 4474aaf..beddaa8 100644
--- a/test/suites/encoding-flags/compact-array/env
+++ b/test/suites/encoding-flags/compact-array/env
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 JSON_COMPACT=1
-export JSON_COMPACT
diff --git a/test/suites/encoding-flags/compact-object/env b/test/suites/encoding-flags/compact-object/env
index 93cb33d..57cf7b4 100644
--- a/test/suites/encoding-flags/compact-object/env
+++ b/test/suites/encoding-flags/compact-object/env
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 JSON_COMPACT=1
 HASHSEED=1
-export JSON_COMPACT HASHSEED
diff --git a/test/suites/encoding-flags/ensure-ascii/env b/test/suites/encoding-flags/ensure-ascii/env
index 1b7b3e3..7867c32 100644
--- a/test/suites/encoding-flags/ensure-ascii/env
+++ b/test/suites/encoding-flags/ensure-ascii/env
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 JSON_ENSURE_ASCII=1
-export JSON_ENSURE_ASCII
diff --git a/test/suites/encoding-flags/indent-array/env b/test/suites/encoding-flags/indent-array/env
index d220f83..11f6684 100644
--- a/test/suites/encoding-flags/indent-array/env
+++ b/test/suites/encoding-flags/indent-array/env
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 JSON_INDENT=4
-export JSON_INDENT
diff --git a/test/suites/encoding-flags/indent-compact-array/env b/test/suites/encoding-flags/indent-compact-array/env
index 78fbfcc..f6a3b3e 100644
--- a/test/suites/encoding-flags/indent-compact-array/env
+++ b/test/suites/encoding-flags/indent-compact-array/env
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 JSON_INDENT=4
 JSON_COMPACT=1
-export JSON_INDENT JSON_COMPACT
diff --git a/test/suites/encoding-flags/indent-compact-object/env b/test/suites/encoding-flags/indent-compact-object/env
index c73acc1..d3a706e 100644
--- a/test/suites/encoding-flags/indent-compact-object/env
+++ b/test/suites/encoding-flags/indent-compact-object/env
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 JSON_INDENT=4
 JSON_COMPACT=1
 HASHSEED=1
-export JSON_INDENT JSON_COMPACT HASHSEED
diff --git a/test/suites/encoding-flags/indent-object/env b/test/suites/encoding-flags/indent-object/env
index 961558c..f08e847 100644
--- a/test/suites/encoding-flags/indent-object/env
+++ b/test/suites/encoding-flags/indent-object/env
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 JSON_INDENT=4
 HASHSEED=1
-export JSON_INDENT HASHSEED
diff --git a/test/suites/encoding-flags/object/env b/test/suites/encoding-flags/object/env
index 9120b03..9e1ca2a 100644
--- a/test/suites/encoding-flags/object/env
+++ b/test/suites/encoding-flags/object/env
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 HASHSEED=1
-export HASHSEED
diff --git a/test/suites/encoding-flags/preserve-order/env b/test/suites/encoding-flags/preserve-order/env
index 4d9d206..504bf51 100644
--- a/test/suites/encoding-flags/preserve-order/env
+++ b/test/suites/encoding-flags/preserve-order/env
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 JSON_PRESERVE_ORDER=1
-export JSON_PRESERVE_ORDER
diff --git a/test/suites/encoding-flags/real-precision/env b/test/suites/encoding-flags/real-precision/env
index 9c52cbc..8ec3a7c 100644
--- a/test/suites/encoding-flags/real-precision/env
+++ b/test/suites/encoding-flags/real-precision/env
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 JSON_REAL_PRECISION=4
-export JSON_REAL_PRECISION
diff --git a/test/suites/encoding-flags/sort-keys/env b/test/suites/encoding-flags/sort-keys/env
index 3ef24cb..1e27ccf 100644
--- a/test/suites/encoding-flags/sort-keys/env
+++ b/test/suites/encoding-flags/sort-keys/env
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 JSON_SORT_KEYS=1
-export JSON_SORT_KEYS
diff --git a/test/suites/valid/run b/test/suites/valid/run
index afc488c..665aad0 100755
--- a/test/suites/valid/run
+++ b/test/suites/valid/run
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 # Jansson is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the MIT license. See LICENSE for details.
 
-JSON_SORT_KEYS=1
-export JSON_SORT_KEYS
-
 is_test() {
     test -d $test_path
 }