--- a/src/oct-parse.yy
+++ b/src/oct-parse.yy
@@ -4518,84 +4518,34 @@
 
 /*
 
-%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-1.m
-%!#test
+%!shared x
 %! x = 1;
-%! assert(eval ("x"),1);
-
-%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-2.m
-%!test
-%! x = 1;
-%! assert(eval ("x;"));
-
-%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-3.m
+
+%!assert (eval ("x"), 1)
+%!assert (eval ("x;"))
+%!assert (eval ("x;"), 1);
+
 %!test
-%! x = 1;
-%! assert(eval ("x;"),1);
-
-%% FIXME
-%% Disable this test as adding the ";" is redundant with eval-1 and
-%% in any case is a syntax error with assert
-%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-4.m
-%!#test
-%! x = 1;
-%! assert(eval ("x");,1);
-
-%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-5.m
+%! y = eval ("x");
+%! assert (y, 1);
+
+%!test
+%! y = eval ("x;");
+%! assert (y, 1);
+
+%!test
+%! eval ("x = 1;")
+%! assert (x,1);
+
 %!test
 %! eval ("flipud = 2;");
-%! assert(flipud,2);
-
-%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-6.m
-%!function y = f ()
+%! assert (flipud, 2);
+
+%!function y = __f ()
 %!  eval ("flipud = 2;");
 %!  y = flipud;
-%!test
-%! assert(f,2);
-
-%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-7.m
-%!#test
-%! eval ("x = 1");
-%! assert(x,1);
-
-%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-8.m
-%!test
-%! eval ("x = 1;")
-%! assert(x,1);
-
-%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-9.m
-%!test
-%! eval ("x = 1;");
-%! assert(x,1);
-
-%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-10.m
-%!#test
-%! eval ("x = 1")
-%! assert(x,1);
-
-%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-11.m
-%!test
-%! x = 1;
-%! y = eval ("x");
-%! assert(y,1);
-
-%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-12.m
-%!test
-%! x = 1;
-%! y = eval ("x;");
-%! assert(y,1);
-
-%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-13.m
-%!test
-%! x = 1;
-%! y = eval ("x;");
-%! assert(y,1);
-
-%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-14.m
-%!test
-%! x = 1;
-%! y = eval ("x");
-%! assert(y,1);
+%!endfunction
+%!assert (__f(), 2)
 
 */