diff --git a/bin/tests/system/pending/ns1/sign.sh b/bin/tests/system/pending/ns1/sign.sh
index 421dc58e0a..c29ebe2aed 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/pending/ns1/sign.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/pending/ns1/sign.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ zonefile=root.db
 cp ../ns2/dsset-example$TP .
 cp ../ns2/dsset-example.com$TP .
 
-keyname1=`$KEYGEN -q -a RSASHA256 -b 1024 -n zone $zone`
-keyname2=`$KEYGEN -q -a RSASHA256 -b 2048 -f KSK -n zone $zone`
+keyname1=$($KEYGEN -q -a ${DEFAULT_ALGORITHM} -n zone $zone)
+keyname2=$($KEYGEN -q -a ${DEFAULT_ALGORITHM} -f KSK -n zone $zone)
 cat $infile $keyname1.key $keyname2.key > $zonefile
 
 $SIGNER -g -o $zone $zonefile > /dev/null
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/pending/ns2/sign.sh b/bin/tests/system/pending/ns2/sign.sh
index ff3a316dfe..df408f8ce7 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/pending/ns2/sign.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/pending/ns2/sign.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ for domain in example example.com; do
 	infile=${domain}.db.in
 	zonefile=${domain}.db
 
-	keyname1=`$KEYGEN -q -a NSEC3RSASHA1 -b 1024 -n zone $zone`
-	keyname2=`$KEYGEN -q -a NSEC3RSASHA1 -b 1024 -f KSK -n zone $zone`
+	keyname1=$($KEYGEN -q -a ${DEFAULT_ALGORITHM} -n zone $zone)
+	keyname2=$($KEYGEN -q -a ${DEFAULT_ALGORITHM} -f KSK -n zone $zone)
 
 	cat $infile $keyname1.key $keyname2.key > $zonefile