diff --git a/applications/test/checkDecomposePar/Make/files b/applications/test/checkDecomposePar/Make/files
index 512f2b1736000a070b0ba83547e9a8df4e62f69b..28f156102e1a752266920da88a2f5c5ed83da41d 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 91a99b3fefff01fee84d55894c34e5996b9d2a38..83c85dc6f7d8967e3527501a74dd1ab4c0582001 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 60efef416d5faa709e256bd507f743ce486ed6ec..f908f3f45de52c2f82d7c95888f74f13b018630b 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