diff --git a/pkg/JuliaExperimental/tst/testall.g b/pkg/JuliaExperimental/tst/testall.g
index 7e0661600..39f02ace6 100644
--- a/pkg/JuliaExperimental/tst/testall.g
+++ b/pkg/JuliaExperimental/tst/testall.g
@@ -4,34 +4,10 @@
 # This file runs package tests.
 # It is referenced in the package metadata in PackageInfo.g.
 #
-LoadPackage( "JuliaExperimental" );
 
-pairs:= [
-  [ "context.tst", [ "Nemo" ] ],
-  [ "gapnemo.tst", [ "Nemo" ] ],
-  [ "gapperm.tst", [] ],
-  [ "hnf.tst", [ "Nemo" ] ],
-  [ "numfield.tst", [ "Nemo" ] ],
-  [ "realcyc.tst", [ "Nemo" ] ],
-  [ "singular.tst", [ "Singular" ] ],
-  [ "utils.tst", [] ],
-  [ "zmodnz.tst", [ "Nemo" ] ],
-];
-
-dirs:= DirectoriesPackageLibrary( "JuliaExperimental", "tst" );
-Assert(0, dirs <> fail);
-
-# Run only those tests that are supported by the current Julia installation.
-pairs:= Filtered( pairs, x -> ForAll( x[2], JuliaImportPackage ) );
-files:= List( pairs, x -> Filename( dirs, x[1] ) );
-if fail in files then
-  Print( "#E  unavailable test files:\n",
-         List( pairs{ Positions( files, fail ) }, x -> x[1] ), "\n" );
-  files:= Filtered( files, IsString );
-fi;
+ReadPackage("JuliaExperimental", "tst/testsetup.g");
 
 TestDirectory( files, rec(exitGAP := true,
                           testOptions := rec(compareFunction := "uptowhitespace") ) );
 
 FORCE_QUIT_GAP(1);
-
diff --git a/pkg/JuliaExperimental/tst/testsetup.g b/pkg/JuliaExperimental/tst/testsetup.g
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef6b94da5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/JuliaExperimental/tst/testsetup.g
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+LoadPackage( "JuliaExperimental" );
+
+pairs:= [
+  [ "context.tst", [ "Nemo" ] ],
+  [ "gapnemo.tst", [ "Nemo" ] ],
+  [ "gapperm.tst", [] ],
+  [ "hnf.tst", [ "Nemo" ] ],
+  [ "numfield.tst", [ "Nemo" ] ],
+  [ "realcyc.tst", [ "Nemo" ] ],
+  [ "singular.tst", [ "Singular" ] ],
+  [ "utils.tst", [] ],
+  [ "zmodnz.tst", [ "Nemo" ] ],
+];
+
+dirs:= DirectoriesPackageLibrary( "JuliaExperimental", "tst" );
+Assert(0, dirs <> fail);
+
+# Run only those tests that are supported by the current Julia installation.
+pairs:= Filtered( pairs, x -> ForAll( x[2], JuliaImportPackage ) );
+files:= List( pairs, x -> Filename( dirs, x[1] ) );
+if fail in files then
+  Print( "#E  unavailable test files:\n",
+         List( pairs{ Positions( files, fail ) }, x -> x[1] ), "\n" );
+  files:= Filtered( files, IsString );
+fi;
diff --git a/pkg/JuliaInterface/tst/testall.g b/pkg/JuliaInterface/tst/testall.g
index 5c033b5d2..b9a9fc5d4 100644
--- a/pkg/JuliaInterface/tst/testall.g
+++ b/pkg/JuliaInterface/tst/testall.g
@@ -4,44 +4,8 @@
 # This file runs package tests. It is also referenced in the package
 # metadata in PackageInfo.g.
 #
-LoadPackage("JuliaInterface");
-dir:=DirectoriesPackageLibrary("JuliaInterface", "tst");
-Assert(0, dir <> fail);
 
-CompareUpToWhitespaceAndMatches:= function( pairs )
-    return function( a, b )
-      local pair;
-
-      a:= ShallowCopy( a );
-      b:= ShallowCopy( b );
-      for pair in pairs do
-        if ForAll( [ a, b ],
-               str -> ForAny( pair,
-                          x -> PositionSublist( str, x ) <> fail ) ) then
-          if pair[1] <> "" then
-            a:= ReplacedString( a, pair[1], "" );
-            b:= ReplacedString( b, pair[1], "" );
-          fi;
-          if pair[2] <> "" then
-            a:= ReplacedString( a, pair[2], "" );
-            b:= ReplacedString( b, pair[2], "" );
-          fi;
-        fi;
-      od;
-
-      return TEST.compareFunctions.uptowhitespace( a, b );
-    end;
-end;
-
-# Several Julia types are shown differently in Julia 1.6.0-DEV
-# and older Julia versions.
-compare:= CompareUpToWhitespaceAndMatches(
-    [ [ "Vector{Any}", "Vector{Any}" ],
-      [ "Maybe you forgot to use an operator such as *, ^, %, / etc. ?", "" ] ] );
-
-# The testfiles assume that no traceback is printed.
-AlwaysPrintTracebackOnError:= false;
-#TODO: This can be removed as soon as GAP's `Test` sets the value to `false`-
+ReadPackage("JuliaInterface", "tst/testsetup.g");
 
 TestDirectory(dir, rec(exitGAP := true,
                        testOptions := rec(compareFunction := compare) ) );
diff --git a/pkg/JuliaInterface/tst/testsetup.g b/pkg/JuliaInterface/tst/testsetup.g
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61c0b7c79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/JuliaInterface/tst/testsetup.g
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+LoadPackage("JuliaInterface");
+dir:=DirectoriesPackageLibrary("JuliaInterface", "tst");
+Assert(0, dir <> fail);
+
+CompareUpToWhitespaceAndMatches:= function( pairs )
+    return function( a, b )
+      local pair;
+
+      a:= ShallowCopy( a );
+      b:= ShallowCopy( b );
+      for pair in pairs do
+        if ForAll( [ a, b ],
+               str -> ForAny( pair,
+                          x -> PositionSublist( str, x ) <> fail ) ) then
+          if pair[1] <> "" then
+            a:= ReplacedString( a, pair[1], "" );
+            b:= ReplacedString( b, pair[1], "" );
+          fi;
+          if pair[2] <> "" then
+            a:= ReplacedString( a, pair[2], "" );
+            b:= ReplacedString( b, pair[2], "" );
+          fi;
+        fi;
+      od;
+
+      return TEST.compareFunctions.uptowhitespace( a, b );
+    end;
+end;
+
+# Several Julia types are shown differently in Julia 1.6.0-DEV
+# and older Julia versions.
+compare:= CompareUpToWhitespaceAndMatches(
+    [ [ "Vector{Any}", "Vector{Any}" ],
+      [ "Maybe you forgot to use an operator such as *, ^, %, / etc. ?", "" ] ] );
+
+# The testfiles assume that no traceback is printed.
+AlwaysPrintTracebackOnError:= false;
+#TODO: This can be removed as soon as GAP's `Test` sets the value to `false`-
diff --git a/src/setup.jl b/src/setup.jl
index b3ab1446e..1b52a5ce7 100644
--- a/src/setup.jl
+++ b/src/setup.jl
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ function create_gap_sh(dstdir::String)
     ## Create Project.toml & Manifest.toml for use by gap.sh
     ##
     @info "Generating custom Julia project ..."
-    run(pipeline(`$(Base.julia_cmd()) --startup-file=no --project=$(dstdir) -e "using Pkg; Pkg.develop(PackageSpec(path=\"$(gaproot_gapjl)\"))"`))
+    run(`$(Base.julia_cmd()) --startup-file=no --project=$(dstdir) -e "using Pkg; Pkg.develop(PackageSpec(path=\"$(gaproot_gapjl)\"))"`)
 
     ##
     ## Create custom gap.sh
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index becb54d79..e46c053fc 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -24,3 +24,13 @@ end
 @testset "manual examples" begin
   include("doctest.jl")
 end
+
+@testset "JuliaInterface tests" begin
+  GAP.Wrappers.Read(joinpath(dirname(dirname(pathof(GAP))), "pkg/JuliaInterface/tst/testsetup.g"))
+  @test GAP.Globals.TestDirectory(GAP.Globals.dir, GapObj(Dict(:exitGAP => false, :testOptions => Dict(:compareFunction => GAP.Globals.compare)); recursive=true))
+end
+
+@testset "JuliaExperimental tests" begin
+  GAP.Wrappers.Read(joinpath(dirname(dirname(pathof(GAP))), "pkg/JuliaExperimental/tst/testsetup.g"))
+  @test GAP.Globals.TestDirectory(GAP.Globals.files, GapObj(Dict(:exitGAP => false, :testOptions => Dict(:compareFunction => "uptowhitespace")); recursive=true))
+end