diff --git a/t/t9124-git-svn-dcommit-auto-props.sh b/t/t9124-git-svn-dcommit-auto-props.sh
index aa841e1299..9f7231d5b7 100755
--- a/t/t9124-git-svn-dcommit-auto-props.sh
+++ b/t/t9124-git-svn-dcommit-auto-props.sh
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ test_expect_success 'enable auto-props config' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'add files matching auto-props' '
-	echo "#!$SHELL_PATH" >exec1.sh &&
-	chmod +x exec1.sh &&
+	write_script exec1.sh </dev/null &&
 	echo "hello" >hello.txt &&
 	echo bar >bar &&
 	git add exec1.sh hello.txt bar &&
@@ -48,8 +47,7 @@ test_expect_success 'disable auto-props config' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'add files matching disabled auto-props' '
-	echo "#$SHELL_PATH" >exec2.sh &&
-	chmod +x exec2.sh &&
+	write_script exec2.sh </dev/null &&
 	echo "world" >world.txt &&
 	echo zot >zot &&
 	git add exec2.sh world.txt zot &&
@@ -65,7 +63,10 @@ test_expect_success 'check resulting svn repository' '
 	cd svnrepo &&
 
 	# Check properties from first commit.
-	test "x$(svn_cmd propget svn:executable exec1.sh)" = "x*" &&
+	if test_have_prereq POSIXPERM
+	then
+		test "x$(svn_cmd propget svn:executable exec1.sh)" = "x*"
+	fi &&
 	test "x$(svn_cmd propget svn:mime-type exec1.sh)" = \
 	     "xapplication/x-shellscript" &&
 	test "x$(svn_cmd propget svn:mime-type hello.txt)" = "xtext/plain" &&
@@ -73,7 +74,10 @@ test_expect_success 'check resulting svn repository' '
 	test "x$(svn_cmd propget svn:mime-type bar)" = "x" &&
 
 	# Check properties from second commit.
-	test "x$(svn_cmd propget svn:executable exec2.sh)" = "x*" &&
+	if test_have_prereq POSIXPERM
+	then
+		test "x$(svn_cmd propget svn:executable exec2.sh)" = "x*"
+	fi &&
 	test "x$(svn_cmd propget svn:mime-type exec2.sh)" = "x" &&
 	test "x$(svn_cmd propget svn:mime-type world.txt)" = "x" &&
 	test "x$(svn_cmd propget svn:eol-style world.txt)" = "x" &&