diff --git a/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-ChildItem.Tests.ps1 b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-ChildItem.Tests.ps1
index 075aebb58e..77d34e1a69 100644
--- a/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-ChildItem.Tests.ps1
+++ b/src/pester-tests/Test-Get-ChildItem.Tests.ps1
@@ -3,34 +3,20 @@ $sut = (Split-Path -Leaf $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path).Replace(".Tests.", ".")
 . "$here\$sut"
 
 Describe "Test-Get-ChildItem" {
-    Context ": non-aliased testing" {
-        It "Should list the contents of the current folder" {
-            (Get-ChildItem .).Name.Length | Should BeGreaterThan 0
-        }
-    
-        It "Should list the contents of the home directory" {
-            pushd $HOME
-            (Get-ChildItem .).Name.Length | Should BeGreaterThan 0
-            popd
-        }
+    It "Should list the contents of the current folder" {
+        (Get-ChildItem .).Name.Length | Should BeGreaterThan 0
+
+        (ls .).Name.Length | Should BeGreaterThan 0
+    }
+
+    It "Should list the contents of the home directory" {
+        pushd /usr/
+        (Get-ChildItem .).Name.Length | Should BeGreaterThan 0
+        popd
+
+        pushd /usr/
+        (ls .).Name.Length | Should BeGreaterThan 0
+        popd
 
     }
-    Context ": alias tests" {
-        It "Should list the contents of the current folder" {
-            (ls).Name.Length | Should BeGreaterThan 0
-        }
-    
-        It "Should list the contents of the home directory" {
-            pushd $HOME
-            (ls).Name.Length | Should BeGreaterThan 0
-            popd
-        }
-
-        It "Should list the contents of environment variables" {
-            (ls ENV:).Count | Should BeGreaterThan 10
-            (ls ENV:os).Value | Should Be (Get-ChildItem ENV:os).Value
-            (ls ENV:PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE).Value | Should Be (Get-ChildItem ENV:PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE).Value
-            (ls ENV:OS).Value | Should Be $env:OS
-        }
-    }
-}
+}