diff --git a/t/t5560-http-backend-noserver.sh b/t/t5560-http-backend-noserver.sh
index 44885b850c..eb6f910e7a 100755
--- a/t/t5560-http-backend-noserver.sh
+++ b/t/t5560-http-backend-noserver.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH="$TRASH_DIRECTORY"
 run_backend() {
 	echo "$2" |
 	QUERY_STRING="${1#*\?}" \
-	GIT_PROJECT_ROOT="$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH" \
-	PATH_INFO="${1%%\?*}" \
+	PATH_TRANSLATED="$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/${1%%\?*}" \
 	git http-backend >act.out 2>act.err
 }