diff --git a/scripts/ci/travis.sh b/scripts/ci/travis.sh
index bbca31f..a811e75 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/travis.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/travis.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -v -e -o pipefail
 
 vibe_ver=$(jq -r '.versions | .["vibe-d"]' < dub.selections.json)
-dub fetch vibe-d --version=$vibe_ver # get optional dependency
+dub fetch vibe-d@$vibe_ver # get optional dependency
 dub test --compiler=${DC} -c library-nonet
 
 export DMD="$(command -v $DMD)"
diff --git a/test/interactive-remove.sh b/test/interactive-remove.sh
index fd65ab8..ee5f5a3 100755
--- a/test/interactive-remove.sh
+++ b/test/interactive-remove.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 $DUB fetch dub@1.9.0 && [ -d $HOME/.dub/packages/dub-1.9.0/dub ]
 $DUB fetch dub@1.10.0 && [ -d $HOME/.dub/packages/dub-1.10.0/dub ]
-# is non-interactive with `--version=<version-spec>`
+# is non-interactive with a <version-spec>
 $DUB remove dub@1.9.0
 $DUB remove dub@1.10.0
 if [ -d $HOME/.dub/packages/dub-1.9.0/dub ] || [ -d $HOME/.dub/packages/dub-1.10.0/dub ]; then
diff --git a/test/issue877-auto-fetch-package-on-run.sh b/test/issue877-auto-fetch-package-on-run.sh
index b350722..ddaea8a 100755
--- a/test/issue877-auto-fetch-package-on-run.sh
+++ b/test/issue877-auto-fetch-package-on-run.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -eu -o pipefail
 set -x
-$DUB remove --version="*" gitcompatibledubpackage || true
+$DUB remove 'gitcompatibledubpackage@*' || true
 
 # check whether the interactive run mode works
 echo "y" | $DUB run gitcompatibledubpackage | grep "Hello DUB"