diff --git a/development/autotests/CMakeLists.txt b/development/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
index 55df0227a6..208e74be1a 100644
--- a/development/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/development/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -124,4 +124,3 @@ endif()
 if (LYX_ENABLE_EXPORT_TESTS)
   include(${TOP_SRC_DIR}/development/autotests/ExportTests.cmake)
 endif()
-include(${TOP_SRC_DIR}/development/autotests/VcsTests.cmake)
diff --git a/development/autotests/VcsTest.cmake b/development/autotests/VcsTest.cmake
deleted file mode 100755
index 298fc84260..0000000000
--- a/development/autotests/VcsTest.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-# This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
-# Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2018 Kornel Benko kornel@lyx.org
-#
-#
-# LYX_ROOT  = ${TOP_SRC_DIR}/lib/{doc,examples,templates}
-# file      = xxx
-#
-set(ENV{${LYX_USERDIR_VER}} "${LYX_TESTS_USERDIR}")
-set(ENV{LANG} "en_US.UTF-8") # to get all error-messages in english
-
-set(result_file_name ${file}.tex)
-set(check_file_name "${LYX_ROOT}/${file}.tex")
-
-message(STATUS "Check for ${LYX_GITVERSION}")
-if(LYX_GITVERSION)
-  execute_process(
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${LYX_ROOT}"
-    COMMAND git status ${file}.lyx
-    RESULT_VARIABLE _err
-    ERROR_VARIABLE lyxerr)
-  if (_err)
-    message(STATUS "Not a git controlled file")
-  else()
-    message(STATUS "Executing ${lyx} -E ${ExportFormat} ${result_file_name} \"${LYX_ROOT}/${file}.lyx\"")
-    execute_process(
-      COMMAND ${lyx} -E ${ExportFormat} ${result_file_name} "${LYX_ROOT}/${file}.lyx"
-      RESULT_VARIABLE _err
-      ERROR_VARIABLE lyxerr)
-      if(NOT _err)
-	if(NOT EXISTS "${result_file_name}")
-	  message(STATUS "Expected result file \"${result_file_name}\" does not exist")
-	  set(_err -1)
-	else()
-	  message(STATUS "Expected result file \"${result_file_name}\" exists")
-	endif()
-	# Check if result file identical to check file
-	execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E compare_files
-	  "${result_file_name}" "${LYX_ROOT}/${file}.tex"
-	  RESULT_VARIABLE _err
-	  ERROR_VARIABLE lyxerr)
-	if (NOT _err)
-	  message(STATUS "Compare successful")
-	endif()
-      endif()
-
-    string(COMPARE NOTEQUAL  ${_err} 0 _erg)
-    if(_erg)
-      message(STATUS "Exporting ${file}.lyx to ${ExportFormat}")
-      message(FATAL_ERROR "Export failed")
-    endif()
-  endif()
-endif()
diff --git a/development/autotests/VcsTests.cmake b/development/autotests/VcsTests.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index f0225c9a74..0000000000
--- a/development/autotests/VcsTests.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-#
-#  Copyright (c) 2018 Kornel Benko <kornel@lyx.org>
-#
-#  Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-#  modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
-#  are met:
-#
-#  1. Redistributions of source code must retain the copyright
-#         notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-#  2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the copyright
-#         notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
-#         documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
-#  3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
-#         derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
-#
-#  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
-#  IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
-#  OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
-#  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
-#  INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
-#  NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
-#  DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
-#  THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
-#  (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
-#  THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-#
-
-set(outputformat pdflatex)
-set(checkdir "${TOP_SRC_DIR}/autotests/checklatexexports")
-# Checking that info inset correctly fills up VCS information
-# see also bug #10835
-set(checkfiles vcs_info_export)
-
-foreach(_f ${checkfiles})
-  add_test(NAME VcsInfo.${_f}
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${LYX_HOME}"
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DLYX_ROOT=${checkdir}
-    -DLYX_TESTS_USERDIR=${LYX_TESTS_USERDIR}
-    -Dlyx=$<TARGET_FILE:${_lyx}>
-    -DWORKDIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${LYX_HOME}
-    -DLYX_GITVERSION=${LYX_GITVERSION}
-    -DExportFormat=${outputformat}
-    -Dfile=${_f}
-    -P "${TOP_SRC_DIR}/development/autotests/VcsTest.cmake")
-endforeach()
diff --git a/development/batchtests/vcs_info_export.tex.orig b/development/batchtests/vcs_info_export.tex.orig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3eafa63ee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/batchtests/vcs_info_export.tex.orig
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+%% LyX 2.4.0dev created this file.  For more info, see https://www.lyx.org/.
+%% Do not edit unless you really know what you are doing.
+\documentclass[english]{article}
+\usepackage{mathpazo}
+\usepackage[scaled=0.95]{helvet}
+\usepackage{courier}
+\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
+\usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
+\usepackage{babel}
+\begin{document}
+file: vcs\_info\_export.lyx
+
+commit: 1e09b48bb5fe648ce88d7182d8c6dc4f8e91b9bd
+
+class: article
+
+author: Kornel Benko
+
+date: 2018-01-17
+
+time: 12:09:18 +0100
+\end{document}
diff --git a/lib/scripts/lyx_batch.pl.in b/lib/scripts/lyx_batch.pl.in
index c75e15d754..22395442b0 100755
--- a/lib/scripts/lyx_batch.pl.in
+++ b/lib/scripts/lyx_batch.pl.in
@@ -8,12 +8,16 @@ use warnings;
 use File::Copy;
 use File::Compare;
 
+sub check_precondition();
+sub system1(@);
+
 my $builddir = "@CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@";
 my $userdir = "$builddir/Testing/.lyx";
 my $workdir = "$builddir/autotests/out-home";
 
 my $vsuffix = "@PROGRAM_SUFFIX@";
 my $lyx_exe = "$builddir/bin/lyx$vsuffix";
+my $git_exe = "@LYX_GITVERSION@";
 
 my $lyxsource = "@LYX_ABS_TOP_SRCDIR@";
 my $data = "$lyxsource/development/batchtests";
@@ -29,12 +33,20 @@ my %Tests = (
 		 "repeat 150 outline-down",
 		 "buffer-reload dump",
 		 "lyx-quit"]
+  },
+  vcs_info_export => {
+    precondition => {
+      command => [$git_exe, "ls-files", "--error-unmatch", "vcs_info_export.lyx"],
+      workdir => "$data",
+    },
+    create => "vcs_info_export.tex",
+    command_line => ["-E", "pdflatex", "vcs_info_export.tex", "$data/vcs_info_export.lyx"],
   }
     );
 
-exit(1) if (! defined($ARGV[0]));
+die("Expected argument missing") if (! defined($ARGV[0]));
 my $test = $ARGV[0];
-exit(2) if (! defined($Tests{$test}));
+die("Invalid argument") if (! defined($Tests{$test}));
 
 my $orig_lyx = "$data/$test.lyx";
 my $work_lyx = "$workdir/$test.lyx";
@@ -49,9 +61,37 @@ $ENV{LANG} = "en";
 $ENV{LC_ALL} = "C";
 $ENV{LANGUAGE} = "en_US";
 
+check_precondition();
 chdir($workdir);
-system($lyx_exe, "-userdir", $userdir, "-x", "command-sequence " . join(';', @{$Tests{$test}->{commands}}));
-die("Expected and created files differ") if (compare($expected, $created) != 0);
+my @command = ($lyx_exe, "-userdir", $userdir);
+if (defined($Tests{$test}->{command_line})) {
+    push(@command, @{$Tests{$test}->{command_line}});
+}
+if (defined($Tests{$test}->{commands})) {
+    push(@command, "-x", "command-sequence " . join(';', @{$Tests{$test}->{commands}}));
+}
+
+system1(@command);
+die("Expected ($expected) and created ($created) files differ") if (compare($expected, $created) != 0);
 
 exit(0);
 
+sub check_precondition()
+{
+  return if (! defined($Tests{$test}->{precondition}));
+  my $rPrecond = $Tests{$test}->{precondition};
+  my @command = @{$rPrecond->{command}};
+  if (defined($rPrecond->{workdir})) {
+    chdir($rPrecond->{workdir});
+  }
+  my $result = system1(@command);
+  print "Pre-condition result = $result\n";
+  die("Pre-condition error") if ($result != 0);
+}
+
+sub system1(@)
+{
+  my ($exe, @params) = @_;
+  print "Executing:\n\t$exe '" . join("' '", @params) . "'\n";
+  system($exe, @params);
+}