diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qeventloop/tst_qeventloop.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qeventloop/tst_qeventloop.cpp
index aff04afe08..0b4f76ef70 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qeventloop/tst_qeventloop.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qeventloop/tst_qeventloop.cpp
@@ -216,12 +216,11 @@ void tst_QEventLoop::processEvents()
     awakeSpy.clear();
     QVERIFY(eventLoop.processEvents(QEventLoop::WaitForMoreEvents));
 
-    // Verify that the eventloop has blocked and woken up. Some eventloops
-    // may block and wake up multiple times.
-    QVERIFY(aboutToBlockSpy.count() > 0);
-    QVERIFY(awakeSpy.count() > 0);
     // We should get one awake for each aboutToBlock, plus one awake when
-    // processEvents is entered.
+    // processEvents is entered. There is no guarantee that that the
+    // processEvents call actually blocked, since the OS may introduce
+    // native events at any time.
+    QVERIFY(awakeSpy.count() > 0);
     QVERIFY(awakeSpy.count() >= aboutToBlockSpy.count());
 
     killTimer(timerId);
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qguieventloop/BLACKLIST b/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qguieventloop/BLACKLIST
index 2303d9380e..03acb2f5b0 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qguieventloop/BLACKLIST
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qguieventloop/BLACKLIST
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-[processEvents]
-osx-10.12
 [testQuitLock]
 osx-10.12