diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qobject/tst_qobject.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qobject/tst_qobject.cpp
index 0d43b09d6b..f3334b1222 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qobject/tst_qobject.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qobject/tst_qobject.cpp
@@ -279,8 +279,10 @@ static void playWithObjects()
 
 void tst_QObject::initTestCase()
 {
+#ifndef QT_NO_PROCESS
     const QString testDataDir = QFileInfo(QFINDTESTDATA("signalbug")).absolutePath();
     QVERIFY2(QDir::setCurrent(testDataDir), qPrintable("Could not chdir to " + testDataDir));
+#endif
 }
 
 void tst_QObject::disconnect()
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qsharedmemory/qsharedmemory.pro b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qsharedmemory/qsharedmemory.pro
index a36b15c906..69062a9741 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qsharedmemory/qsharedmemory.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qsharedmemory/qsharedmemory.pro
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 TEMPLATE = subdirs
 
-SUBDIRS = sharedmemoryhelper test
+!winrt: SUBDIRS = sharedmemoryhelper
+
+SUBDIRS += test
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qsharedmemory/test/tst_qsharedmemory.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qsharedmemory/test/tst_qsharedmemory.cpp
index 26bb70fc66..43e25743d7 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qsharedmemory/test/tst_qsharedmemory.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qsharedmemory/test/tst_qsharedmemory.cpp
@@ -138,7 +138,9 @@ tst_QSharedMemory::~tst_QSharedMemory()
 
 void tst_QSharedMemory::initTestCase()
 {
+#ifndef QT_NO_PROCESS
     QVERIFY2(!m_helperBinary.isEmpty(), "Could not find helper binary");
+#endif
 }
 
 void tst_QSharedMemory::init()