diff --git a/test/cctest/compiler/codegen-tester.cc b/test/cctest/compiler/codegen-tester.cc
index 8a7b902741..b1874f5526 100644
--- a/test/cctest/compiler/codegen-tester.cc
+++ b/test/cctest/compiler/codegen-tester.cc
@@ -369,6 +369,8 @@ void Int32BinopInputShapeTester::RunRight(
 }
 
 
+#if V8_TURBOFAN_TARGET
+
 TEST(ParametersEqual) {
   RawMachineAssemblerTester<int32_t> m(kMachInt32, kMachInt32);
   Node* p1 = m.Parameter(1);
@@ -380,8 +382,6 @@ TEST(ParametersEqual) {
 }
 
 
-#if V8_TURBOFAN_TARGET
-
 void RunSmiConstant(int32_t v) {
 // TODO(dcarney): on x64 Smis are generated with the SmiConstantRegister
 #if !V8_TARGET_ARCH_X64
diff --git a/test/cctest/compiler/test-simplified-lowering.cc b/test/cctest/compiler/test-simplified-lowering.cc
index dc32a2ac15..ab0e76f9fb 100644
--- a/test/cctest/compiler/test-simplified-lowering.cc
+++ b/test/cctest/compiler/test-simplified-lowering.cc
@@ -1054,17 +1054,20 @@ TEST(LowerReferenceEqual_to_wordeq) {
 
 
 TEST(LowerStringOps_to_call_and_compare) {
-  TestingGraph t(Type::String(), Type::String());
-  IrOpcode::Value compare_eq =
-      static_cast<IrOpcode::Value>(t.machine()->WordEqual()->opcode());
-  IrOpcode::Value compare_lt =
-      static_cast<IrOpcode::Value>(t.machine()->IntLessThan()->opcode());
-  IrOpcode::Value compare_le =
-      static_cast<IrOpcode::Value>(t.machine()->IntLessThanOrEqual()->opcode());
-  t.CheckLoweringBinop(compare_eq, t.simplified()->StringEqual());
-  t.CheckLoweringBinop(compare_lt, t.simplified()->StringLessThan());
-  t.CheckLoweringBinop(compare_le, t.simplified()->StringLessThanOrEqual());
-  t.CheckLoweringBinop(IrOpcode::kCall, t.simplified()->StringAdd());
+  if (Pipeline::SupportedTarget()) {
+    // These tests need linkage for the calls.
+    TestingGraph t(Type::String(), Type::String());
+    IrOpcode::Value compare_eq =
+        static_cast<IrOpcode::Value>(t.machine()->WordEqual()->opcode());
+    IrOpcode::Value compare_lt =
+        static_cast<IrOpcode::Value>(t.machine()->IntLessThan()->opcode());
+    IrOpcode::Value compare_le = static_cast<IrOpcode::Value>(
+        t.machine()->IntLessThanOrEqual()->opcode());
+    t.CheckLoweringBinop(compare_eq, t.simplified()->StringEqual());
+    t.CheckLoweringBinop(compare_lt, t.simplified()->StringLessThan());
+    t.CheckLoweringBinop(compare_le, t.simplified()->StringLessThanOrEqual());
+    t.CheckLoweringBinop(IrOpcode::kCall, t.simplified()->StringAdd());
+  }
 }