diff --git a/test/cctest/cctest.status b/test/cctest/cctest.status
index 57ed1aff8d..d6228bca10 100644
--- a/test/cctest/cctest.status
+++ b/test/cctest/cctest.status
@@ -397,20 +397,13 @@
 
 }],  # 'arch == nacl_ia32 or arch == nacl_x64'
 
-['arch == ppc64', {
-  #issue 2857
-  'test-log/EquivalenceOfLoggingAndTraversal' : [SKIP],
-  #test has assumption that does not hold for larger PPC page sizes
-  'test-heap/FirstPageFitsStartup' : [SKIP],
-}],  # 'arch == ppc64'
-
 ##############################################################################
 ['arch == ppc and simulator_run == True or arch == ppc64 and simulator_run == True', {
 
   # Pass but take too long with the simulator.
-  'test-api/Threading1': [SKIP],
-  'test-api/Threading2': [SKIP],
-  'test-api/ExternalArrays': [SKIP],
+  'test-api/Threading1': [PASS, SLOW],
+  'test-api/Threading2': [PASS, SLOW],
+  'test-api/ExternalArrays': [PASS, SLOW],
 
 }],  # 'arch == ppc64 and simulator_run == True'
 ]
diff --git a/test/mjsunit/mjsunit.status b/test/mjsunit/mjsunit.status
index 27554a132d..0d312f5c9a 100644
--- a/test/mjsunit/mjsunit.status
+++ b/test/mjsunit/mjsunit.status
@@ -590,7 +590,6 @@
 
   # take too long with the simulator.
   'regress/regress-1132': [SKIP],
-  'asm/embenchen/box2d': [SKIP],
 
   # these two issues started after uplevel, believe they share common cause
   'debug-references': [SKIP],