diff --git a/cdist/test/cdist_object/__init__.py b/cdist/test/cdist_object/__init__.py
index 28f2455b..3c25a959 100644
--- a/cdist/test/cdist_object/__init__.py
+++ b/cdist/test/cdist_object/__init__.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class ObjectClassTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
 
         self.expected_objects = []
         for cdist_object_name in self.expected_object_names:
-            cdist_type, cdist_object_id = cdist_object_name.split("/", maxsplit=1)
+            cdist_type, cdist_object_id = cdist_object_name.split("/", 1)
             cdist_object = core.CdistObject(core.CdistType(type_base_path, cdist_type), object_base_path, cdist_object_id)
             self.expected_objects.append(cdist_object)
  
diff --git a/cdist/test/fixtures/remote/copy b/cdist/test/fixtures/remote/copy
index a4627716..05f43eb1 100755
--- a/cdist/test/fixtures/remote/copy
+++ b/cdist/test/fixtures/remote/copy
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 # 2012-2013 Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist schottelius.org)
-# 2013 Steven Armstrong (steven-cdist armstrong.cc)
+# 2013-2014 Steven Armstrong (steven-cdist armstrong.cc)
 #
 # This file is part of cdist.
 #
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@
 #
 
 code="$(echo "$@" | sed "s|\([[:space:]]\)$__target_host:|\1|g")"
-cp --dereference $code
+cp -L $code