diff --git a/tests/misc/global_decl_loc.i b/tests/misc/global_decl_loc.i
index fa62d4ceac6358e50c5de95770dab53920a0f679..8816b71f8528036ac6133651bb5a8b6ee6117370 100644
--- a/tests/misc/global_decl_loc.i
+++ b/tests/misc/global_decl_loc.i
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* run.config
- COMMENT: the script "global_decl_loc.ml" is also used by the test "global_decl_loc2.i"
- SCRIPT: global_decl_loc
+ COMMENT: the script "global_decl_loc.ml" is also copied by the test "global_decl_loc2.i"
+ MODULE: global_decl_loc
    OPT: @PTEST_DIR@/global_decl_loc2.i
  */
 
diff --git a/tests/misc/global_decl_loc2.i b/tests/misc/global_decl_loc2.i
index df106d00e7d9695253117182b3b2203bfd0f8287..10be90eef7338e6533bced0e88500c24d1000512 100644
--- a/tests/misc/global_decl_loc2.i
+++ b/tests/misc/global_decl_loc2.i
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 /* run.config*
+ COMMENT: todo in the future: removes the EXECNOW command and modifies the MODULE directive in order to reuse "global_decl_loc"
  COMMENT: the script "global_decl_loc.ml" is also used by the test "global_decl_loc.i"
- SCRIPT: global_decl_loc
+ EXECNOW: BIN global_decl_loc2.ml cp @PTEST_DIR@/global_decl_loc.ml @PTEST_RESULT@/global_decl_loc2.ml > @DEV_NULL@ 2> @DEV_NULL@
+ MODULE: result/global_decl_loc2
    OPT: @PTEST_DIR@/global_decl_loc.i
 */
-
 extern int g;
 
 int main(void) {