-AT_CHECK([echo "test-unixctl.py (Open vSwitch) $VERSION $BUILDNR" > expout])
-AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl -t test-unixctl.py version], [0], [expout])
-AT_CHECK([$PYTHON $srcdir/appctl.py -t test-unixctl.py version], [0], [expout])
+AT_CHECK([ovs-vsctl --version | sed 's/ovs-vsctl/test-unixctl.py/' | head -1 > expout])
+AT_CHECK([APPCTL -t test-unixctl.py version], [0], [expout])
+AT_CHECK([PYAPPCTL -t test-unixctl.py version], [0], [expout])