diff --git a/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns1/named.conf.in b/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns1/named.conf.j2
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns1/named.conf.in
rename to bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns1/named.conf.j2
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns2/named.conf.header.in b/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns2/named.conf.header.j2
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns2/named.conf.header.in
rename to bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns2/named.conf.header.j2
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns2/named.conf.j2 b/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns2/named.conf.j2
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..1be181de20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns2/named.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+named.default.conf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns3/named.conf.j2 b/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns3/named.conf.j2
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..96e5f1dcd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns3/named.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+named1.conf.j2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns3/named1.conf.in b/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns3/named1.conf.j2
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns3/named1.conf.in
rename to bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns3/named1.conf.j2
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns3/named2.conf.in b/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns3/named2.conf.j2
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns3/named2.conf.in
rename to bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns3/named2.conf.j2
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns3/named3.conf.in b/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns3/named3.conf.j2
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns3/named3.conf.in
rename to bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns3/named3.conf.j2
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns4/named.conf.in b/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns4/named.conf.j2
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns4/named.conf.in
rename to bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/ns4/named.conf.j2
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/setup.sh b/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/setup.sh
index b08beedf41..6e6cca1882 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/setup.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/setup.sh
@@ -17,15 +17,6 @@ set -e
 
 $PERL testgen.pl
 
-copy_setports ns1/named.conf.in ns1/named.conf
-
-copy_setports ns2/named.conf.header.in ns2/named.conf.header
-copy_setports ns2/named.default.conf ns2/named.conf
-
-copy_setports ns3/named1.conf.in ns3/named.conf
-
-copy_setports ns4/named.conf.in ns4/named.conf
-
 # setup policy zones for a 64-zone test
 i=1
 while test $i -le 64; do
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/tests.sh
index 3e8b6ffbaf..251e353ff8 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/tests.sh
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ p1=$((t2 - t1))
 echo_i "elapsed time $p1 seconds"
 
 $RNDC -c ../_common/rndc.conf -s 10.53.0.3 -p ${CONTROLPORT} flush
-copy_setports ns3/named2.conf.in ns3/named.conf
+cp ns3/named2.conf ns3/named.conf
 nextpart ns3/named.run >/dev/null
 $RNDC -c ../_common/rndc.conf -s 10.53.0.3 -p ${CONTROLPORT} reload >/dev/null
 wait_for_log 20 "rpz: policy: reload done" ns3/named.run || ret=1
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ status=$((status + ret))
 
 $RNDC -c ../_common/rndc.conf -s 10.53.0.3 -p ${CONTROLPORT} flush
 # restore original named.conf
-copy_setports ns3/named1.conf.in ns3/named.conf
+cp ns3/named1.conf ns3/named.conf
 nextpart ns3/named.run >/dev/null
 $RNDC -c ../_common/rndc.conf -s 10.53.0.3 -p ${CONTROLPORT} reload >/dev/null
 wait_for_log 20 "rpz: policy: reload done" ns3/named.run || ret=1
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ p1=$((t2 - t1))
 echo_i "elapsed time $p1 seconds"
 
 $RNDC -c ../_common/rndc.conf -s 10.53.0.3 -p ${CONTROLPORT} flush
-copy_setports ns3/named3.conf.in ns3/named.conf
+cp ns3/named3.conf ns3/named.conf
 nextpart ns3/named.run >/dev/null
 $RNDC -c ../_common/rndc.conf -s 10.53.0.3 -p ${CONTROLPORT} reload >/dev/null
 wait_for_log 20 "rpz: policy: reload done" ns3/named.run || ret=1