diff --git a/test/test_ui.py b/test/test_ui.py
index 237daa3c0..efe0f0dee 100644
--- a/test/test_ui.py
+++ b/test/test_ui.py
@@ -750,8 +750,8 @@ class CompletionTest(_common.TestCase):
                 'test_completion.sh')
 
         # Tests run in bash
-        shell = os.environ.get('BEETS_TEST_SHELL', '/bin/bash')
-        tester = subprocess.Popen(shell, stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+        shell = os.environ.get('BEETS_TEST_SHELL', '/bin/bash --norc')
+        tester = subprocess.Popen(shell.split(' '), stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
                                   stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
 
         # Load complection script