diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3912e2521..dc3d858b2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1074,8 +1074,11 @@ fi
 export GIT_DIR="${progdir}/.git"
 export GIT_WORK_TREE="${progdir}"
 
-test -e "${GIT_DIR}"
-work_from_git_repo=$?
+if test -e "${GIT_DIR}"; then
+   work_from_git_repo=0
+else
+   work_from_git_repo=1
+fi
 
 # if we install from git repository, must have git to fetch current release number
 if [ $work_from_git_repo -eq 0 ]; then
diff --git a/script/mt b/script/mt
index 59aa92e22..90c5df633 100755
--- a/script/mt
+++ b/script/mt
@@ -246,9 +246,8 @@ if [ -t 1 ]; then
 fi
 
 # highlight failed tests
-retreview=0
 review_log
-retreview+=$?
+retreview=$?
 
 # testsuite ok but mtreview failed to run
 if [ $ret -eq 0 ] && [ $retreview -ne 0 ]; then