diff --git a/tests/test-ssh b/tests/test-ssh
--- a/tests/test-ssh
+++ b/tests/test-ssh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+cp "$TESTDIR"/printenv.py .
+
 # This test tries to exercise the ssh functionality with a dummy script
 
 cat <<'EOF' > dummyssh
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ hg ci -A -m "init" -d "1000000 0" foo fo
 echo '[server]' > .hg/hgrc
 echo 'uncompressed = True' >> .hg/hgrc
 echo '[hooks]' >> .hg/hgrc
-echo 'changegroup = echo changegroup in remote: u=$HG_URL >> ../dummylog' >> .hg/hgrc
+echo 'changegroup = python ../printenv.py changegroup-in-remote 0 ../dummylog' >> .hg/hgrc
 
 cd ..
 
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ cd local
 hg verify
 
 echo '[hooks]' >> .hg/hgrc
-echo 'changegroup = echo changegroup in local: u=$HG_URL >> ../dummylog' >> .hg/hgrc
+echo 'changegroup = python ../printenv.py changegroup-in-local 0 ../dummylog' >> .hg/hgrc
 
 echo "# empty default pull"
 hg paths