diff --git a/check.t b/check.t
index 746f089..2e699fa 100644
--- a/check.t
+++ b/check.t
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $MirOS: src/bin/mksh/check.t,v 1.248 2008/12/02 12:48:16 tg Exp $
+# $MirOS: src/bin/mksh/check.t,v 1.249 2008/12/02 13:19:28 tg Exp $
 # $OpenBSD: bksl-nl.t,v 1.2 2001/01/28 23:04:56 niklas Exp $
 # $OpenBSD: history.t,v 1.5 2001/01/28 23:04:56 niklas Exp $
 # $OpenBSD: read.t,v 1.3 2003/03/10 03:48:16 david Exp $
@@ -154,10 +154,9 @@ expected-stdout:
 name: alias-9
 description:
 	Check that recursion is detected/avoided in aliases.
+time-limit: 3
 stdin:
 	echo -n >tf
-	ls			# pre-fetch ls(1) binary
-	(sleep 3; kill -9 $$) &	# may need to adjust for slow machines
 	alias ls=ls
 	ls
 	echo $(ls)
@@ -165,7 +164,6 @@ stdin:
 expected-stdout:
 	tf
 	tf
-	tf
 ---
 name: arith-lazy-1
 description: