diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6669bf0c6c..10aee94760 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
 /git-remote-ftps
 /git-remote-fd
 /git-remote-ext
+/git-remote-testgit
 /git-remote-testpy
 /git-remote-testsvn
 /git-repack
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0f931a2030..5f424a7e19 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@ SCRIPT_SH += git-mergetool.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-pull.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-quiltimport.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-rebase.sh
+SCRIPT_SH += git-remote-testgit.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-repack.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-request-pull.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-stash.sh
diff --git a/git-remote-testgit b/git-remote-testgit.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from git-remote-testgit
rename to git-remote-testgit.sh
diff --git a/t/t5801-remote-helpers.sh b/t/t5801-remote-helpers.sh
index c956abd865..0a83db8875 100755
--- a/t/t5801-remote-helpers.sh
+++ b/t/t5801-remote-helpers.sh
@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@ test_description='Test remote-helper import and export commands'
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
-if ! type "${BASH-bash}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-	skip_all='skipping remote-testgit tests, bash not available'
-	test_done
-fi
-
 compare_refs() {
 	git --git-dir="$1/.git" rev-parse --verify $2 >expect &&
 	git --git-dir="$3/.git" rev-parse --verify $4 >actual &&