diff --git a/tests/enmeshed-runtime.sh b/tests/enmeshed-runtime.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..89ee945f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/enmeshed-runtime.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -ex
+
+npm i
+
+env CONNECTION_STRING=mongodb://localhost:27017 npx jest -i
diff --git a/tests/enmeshed-runtime.yml b/tests/enmeshed-runtime.yml
index 6f76ab6b6..bdc0b3af4 100644
--- a/tests/enmeshed-runtime.yml
+++ b/tests/enmeshed-runtime.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 runner: command
-args: ["sh", "-c", "npm i && CONNECTION_STRING=mongodb://localhost:27017 npx jest -i"]
+args: ../enmeshed-runtime.sh
 
 results:
   common:
diff --git a/tests/python-example-auth.sh b/tests/python-example-auth.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b78eff407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/python-example-auth.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -ex
+
+pip3 install pymongo
+
+python3 pymongo_test.py mongodb://user:password@localhost:27017/?authMechanism=PLAIN
diff --git a/tests/python-example-auth.yml b/tests/python-example-auth.yml
index a4a41dcf4..0855fbe58 100644
--- a/tests/python-example-auth.yml
+++ b/tests/python-example-auth.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 runner: command
 dir: python-example
-args: ["sh", "-c", "pip3 install pymongo && python3 pymongo_test.py mongodb://user:password@localhost:27017/?authMechanism=PLAIN"]
+args: ../python-example-auth.sh
 
 results:
   ferretdb:
diff --git a/tests/python-example.sh b/tests/python-example.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8c22f9c08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/python-example.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -ex
+
+pip3 install pymongo
+
+python3 pymongo_test.py mongodb://localhost:27017/
diff --git a/tests/python-example.yml b/tests/python-example.yml
index 7bfcad218..46a4f3711 100644
--- a/tests/python-example.yml
+++ b/tests/python-example.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 runner: command
 dir: python-example
-args: ["sh", "-c", "pip3 install pymongo && python3 pymongo_test.py mongodb://localhost:27017/"]
+args: ../python-example.sh
 
 results:
   common: