diff --git a/tests/install/installer-script-e2e.sh b/tests/install/installer-script-e2e.sh
index 63d1100a68..41ff97bc48 100755
--- a/tests/install/installer-script-e2e.sh
+++ b/tests/install/installer-script-e2e.sh
@@ -240,7 +240,12 @@ assert_redirect_is_transport_only() {
     "$official_https"|"$official_ssh") ;;
     *) fail "origin is configured as '$configured', not an official URL — the redirect is not transport-only" ;;
   esac
-  observed="$(git -C "$INSTALL_DIR" remote get-url origin)"
+  # `git` on PATH is the shim here (it reports the official origin so fork
+  # detection sees it), so read the TRANSPORT url through the real git that
+  # arm_source_redirect exported — otherwise `remote get-url origin` returns
+  # the official URL and this check would always fail.
+  local real="${HERMES_E2E_REAL_GIT:-git}"
+  observed="$("$real" -C "$INSTALL_DIR" remote get-url origin)"
   case "$observed" in
     file://*|*serve.git*) ;;
     *) fail "origin transport '$observed' is not redirected to the staged repo" ;;
diff --git a/tests/install/windows-e2e.ps1 b/tests/install/windows-e2e.ps1
index 733bcf0e3b..82f3ac2ecb 100644
--- a/tests/install/windows-e2e.ps1
+++ b/tests/install/windows-e2e.ps1
@@ -1057,8 +1057,9 @@ function Assert-RedirectIsTransportOnly {
                   'git@github.com:NousResearch/hermes-agent.git')
     $configured = (Invoke-Git @('-C', $InstallDir, 'config', '--get', 'remote.origin.url') | Out-String).Trim()
     Assert-True ($official -contains $configured) "origin stays configured as an official URL (got '$configured')"
-    $observed = (Invoke-Git @('-C', $InstallDir, 'remote', 'get-url', 'origin') | Out-String).Trim()
-    Assert-True ($observed -match 'serve\.git|^file://') "origin transport is redirected to the staged repo (got '$observed')"
+    $real = if ($env:HERMES_E2E_REAL_GIT) { $env:HERMES_E2E_REAL_GIT } else { 'git' }
+    $observed = (& $real -C $InstallDir remote get-url origin 2>$null | Out-String).Trim()
+    Assert-True ($observed -match 'serve\.git|^file://') "git transport is redirected to the staged repo (got '$observed')"
 }
 
 function Assert-UserShims {