diff --git a/test/fast/Aliases/nvm_list_aliases works with LTS aliases b/test/fast/Aliases/nvm_list_aliases works with LTS aliases
index d398718..058a915 100755
--- a/test/fast/Aliases/nvm_list_aliases works with LTS aliases	
+++ b/test/fast/Aliases/nvm_list_aliases works with LTS aliases	
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ nvm_alias_path() {
   nvm_echo "../../../alias"
 }
 
+nvm ls-remote >/dev/null || die 'nvm ls-remote (to populate LTS aliases) failed'
+
 MOCKS_DIR="../Unit tests/mocks"
 
 EXPECTED_OUTPUT="$(cat "$MOCKS_DIR/lts-star.txt")"
diff --git a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm ls-remote b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm ls-remote
index 933b36d..683fe92 100755
--- a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm ls-remote	
+++ b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm ls-remote	
@@ -22,6 +22,40 @@ nvm deactivate 2>/dev/null || die 'unable to deactivate'
 
 \. ../../common.sh
 
+MOCKS_DIR="$PWD/mocks"
+
+nvm_download() {
+  if [ "$*" = "-L -s $(nvm_get_mirror node std)/index.tab -o -" ]; then
+    cat "$MOCKS_DIR/nodejs.org-dist-index.tab"
+    return
+  fi
+  return 42
+}
+
+EXPECTED_OUTPUT_PATH="${MOCKS_DIR}/nvm ls-remote lts.txt"
+OUTPUT="$(nvm ls-remote --lts | sed 's/[ \t]*$//')"
+EXPECTED_OUTPUT="$(cat "$EXPECTED_OUTPUT_PATH" | sed 's/[ \t]*$//' )"
+[ "_$OUTPUT" = "_$EXPECTED_OUTPUT" ] || die "nvm ls-remote --lts did not output expected sorted versions; got $(echo ">$OUTPUT<") expected $(echo ">$EXPECTED_OUTPUT<")"
+
+EXPECTED_OUTPUT_PATH="${MOCKS_DIR}/nvm ls-remote lts.txt"
+OUTPUT="$(nvm ls-remote "lts/*" | sed 's/[ \t]*$//')"
+EXPECTED_OUTPUT="$(cat "$EXPECTED_OUTPUT_PATH" | sed 's/[ \t]*$//' )"
+[ "_$OUTPUT" = "_$EXPECTED_OUTPUT" ] || die "nvm ls-remote lts/* did not output expected sorted versions; got $(echo ">$OUTPUT<") expected $(echo ">$EXPECTED_OUTPUT<")"
+
+MOCKS_DIR="$PWD/mocks"
+LTS_NAMES_PATH="${MOCKS_DIR}/LTS_names.txt"
+LTS_LIST="$(cat "${LTS_NAMES_PATH}" | tail -n +2)"
+
+INDEX=1
+printf '%s\n' "${LTS_LIST}" | while IFS= read -r LTS; do
+  ACTUAL="$(nvm ls-remote "lts/-${INDEX}" | sed 's/[ \t]*$//')"
+  MESSAGE="for lts/-${INDEX} (${LTS})"
+  EXPECTED="$(nvm ls-remote "lts/${LTS}" | sed 's/[ \t]*$//')"
+  [ "${ACTUAL}" = "${EXPECTED}" ] || die "${MESSAGE}: expected >${EXPECTED}<, got >${ACTUAL}<"
+
+  INDEX=$(($INDEX + 1))
+done
+
 REMOTE="$PWD/mocks/nvm_ls_remote.txt"
 nvm_ls_remote() {
   cat "$REMOTE"
@@ -31,39 +65,9 @@ nvm_ls_remote_iojs() {
   cat "$REMOTE_IOJS"
 }
 
-MOCKS_DIR="$PWD/mocks"
-
 EXPECTED_OUTPUT_PATH="${MOCKS_DIR}/nvm ls-remote.txt"
 OUTPUT="$(nvm ls-remote | sed 's/[ \t]*$//')"
 EXPECTED_OUTPUT="$(cat "$EXPECTED_OUTPUT_PATH" | sed 's/[ \t]*$//' )"
 [ "_$OUTPUT" = "_$EXPECTED_OUTPUT" ] || die "bare nvm ls-remote did not output expected sorted versions; got $(echo ">$OUTPUT<") expected $(echo ">$EXPECTED_OUTPUT<")"
 
-EXPECTED_OUTPUT_PATH="${MOCKS_DIR}/nvm ls-remote lts.txt"
-OUTPUT="$(nvm ls-remote --lts="*" | sed 's/[ \t]*$//')"
-EXPECTED_OUTPUT="$(cat "$EXPECTED_OUTPUT_PATH" | sed 's/[ \t]*$//' )"
-[ "_$OUTPUT" = "_$EXPECTED_OUTPUT" ] || die "nvm ls-remote --lts=* did not output expected sorted versions; got $(echo ">$OUTPUT<") expected $(echo ">$EXPECTED_OUTPUT<")"
-
-EXPECTED_OUTPUT_PATH="${MOCKS_DIR}/nvm ls-remote lts.txt"
-OUTPUT="$(nvm ls-remote "lts/*" | sed 's/[ \t]*$//')"
-EXPECTED_OUTPUT="$(cat "$EXPECTED_OUTPUT_PATH" | sed 's/[ \t]*$//' )"
-[ "_$OUTPUT" = "_$EXPECTED_OUTPUT" ] || die "nvm ls-remote lts/* did not output expected sorted versions; got $(echo ">$OUTPUT<") expected $(echo ">$EXPECTED_OUTPUT<")"
-
-EXPECTED_OUTPUT_PATH="${MOCKS_DIR}/nvm ls-remote lts.txt"
-OUTPUT="$(nvm ls-remote "lts/-1" | sed 's/[ \t]*$//')"
-EXPECTED_OUTPUT="$(cat "$EXPECTED_OUTPUT_PATH" | sed 's/[ \t]*$//' )"
-[ "_$OUTPUT" = "_$EXPECTED_OUTPUT" ] || die "nvm ls-remote lts/* did not output expected sorted versions; got $(echo ">$OUTPUT<") expected $(echo ">$EXPECTED_OUTPUT<")"
-
-LTS_NAMES_PATH="${MOCKS_DIR}/LTS_names.txt"
-LTS_LIST="$(cat "${LTS_NAMES_PATH}" | tail -n +2)"
-
-INDEX=1
-for LTS in $LTS_LIST; do
-    ACTUAL="$(nvm ls-remote "lts/-${INDEX}" | sed 's/[ \t]*$//')"
-    MESSAGE="for lts/-${INDEX} / ${LTS}"
-    EXPECTED="$(nvm ls-remote "lts/${LTS}" | sed 's/[ \t]*$//')"
-    [ "${ACTUAL}" = "${EXPECTED}" ] || die "${MESSAGE}: expected >${EXPECTED}<, got >${ACTUAL}<"
-
-    INDEX=$(($INDEX + 1))
-done
-
 cleanup
diff --git a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_normalize_lts b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_normalize_lts
index 7ac8f4a..0844f95 100755
--- a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_normalize_lts	
+++ b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_normalize_lts	
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ LTS_NAMES_PATH="${MOCKS_DIR}/LTS_names.txt"
 LTS_LIST="$(cat "${LTS_NAMES_PATH}" | tail -n +2)"
 
 INDEX=1
-for LTS in $LTS_LIST; do
+printf '%s\n' "${LTS_LIST}" | while IFS= read -r LTS; do
     ACTUAL="$(nvm_normalize_lts "lts/-${INDEX}")"
-    MESSAGE="for lts/-${INDEX}"
+    MESSAGE="for lts/-${INDEX} (${LTS})"
     EXPECTED="lts/$(echo "${LTS_LIST}" | tail -n +${INDEX} | head -n1)"
     [ "${ACTUAL}" = "${EXPECTED}" ] || die "${MESSAGE}: expected >${EXPECTED}<, got >${ACTUAL}<"