diff --git a/mysql-test/lib/My/Find.pm b/mysql-test/lib/My/Find.pm
index 521adecfd13..9d1d2915012 100644
--- a/mysql-test/lib/My/Find.pm
+++ b/mysql-test/lib/My/Find.pm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- cperl -*-
-# Copyright (C) 2008 MySQL AB
+# Copyright (c) 2004, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -156,8 +156,7 @@ sub my_find_paths {
   # User can select to look in a special build dir
   # which is a subdirectory of any of the paths
   my @extra_dirs;
-  my $build_dir= $::opt_config_dir || $ENV{MTR_VS_CONFIG}
-                                   || $ENV{MTR_BUILD_DIR};
+  my $build_dir= $::opt_vs_config || $ENV{MTR_VS_CONFIG} || $ENV{MTR_BUILD_DIR};
   push(@extra_dirs, $build_dir) if defined $build_dir;
 
   if (defined $extension){
diff --git a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
index 2097bc8f63a..99454c3c764 100755
--- a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
@@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ sub command_line_setup {
 	chomp;
 	# remove comments (# foo) at the beginning of the line, or after a 
 	# blank at the end of the line
-	s/( +|^)#.*$//;
+	s/(\s+|^)#.*$//;
 	# If @ platform specifier given, use this entry only if it contains
 	# @<platform> or @!<xxx> where xxx != platform
 	if (/\@.*/)
@@ -1209,8 +1209,8 @@ sub command_line_setup {
 	  s/\@.*$//;
 	}
 	# remove whitespace
-	s/^ +//;              
-	s/ +$//;
+	s/^\s+//;
+	s/\s+$//;
 	# if nothing left, don't need to remember this line
 	if ( $_ eq "" ) {
 	  next;