diff --git a/bin/tests/system/clean.sh b/bin/tests/system/clean.sh
index 84c369e0af..a53724917c 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/clean.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/clean.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ runall=0
 while getopts "r" flag; do
     case $flag in
 	r) runall=1 ;;
-	*) exit 1;;
     esac
 done
 shift `expr $OPTIND - 1`
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/run.sh b/bin/tests/system/run.sh
index 549313bf50..9a7e472a42 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/run.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/run.sh
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@ stopservers=true
 clean=true
 baseport=5300
 
-while getopts "rnp:d:" flag; do
+while getopts "knp:r" flag; do
     case "$flag" in
 	k) stopservers=false ;;
 	n) clean=false ;;
 	p) baseport=$OPTARG ;;
 	r) runall="-r" ;;
-	*) exit 1 ;;
     esac
 done
 shift `expr $OPTIND - 1`
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/runall.sh b/bin/tests/system/runall.sh
index c28296dad7..54da64ea52 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/runall.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/runall.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ usage="Usage: ./runall.sh [-n] [numprocesses]"
 while getopts "n" flag; do
     case "$flag" in
 	n) CLEANFLAG="NOCLEAN=-n" ;;
-	*) echo "$usage" >&2 ; exit 1 ;;
     esac
 done
 shift `expr $OPTIND - 1`
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/testsummary.sh b/bin/tests/system/testsummary.sh
index 45beed8ab2..8b046b61cb 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/testsummary.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/testsummary.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ keepfile=0
 while getopts "n" flag; do
     case $flag in
 	n) keepfile=1 ;;
-	*) exit 1 ;;
     esac
 done