diff --git a/test/libc/calls/getprogramexecutablename_test.c b/test/libc/calls/getprogramexecutablename_test.c
index 13f475163..274a5bd97 100644
--- a/test/libc/calls/getprogramexecutablename_test.c
+++ b/test/libc/calls/getprogramexecutablename_test.c
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ __attribute__((__constructor__)) static void Child(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     if (strcmp(argv[2], GetProgramExecutableName())) {
       exit(123);
     }
+    if (!IsXnuSilicon()) exit(0);
+    /* TODO(mrdomino): argv[0] tests only pass on XnuSilicon right now because
+                       __sys_execve fails there, so the ape loader is used.
+                       the correct check is "we have been invoked either as an
+                       assimilated binary or via the ape loader, and not via a
+                       raw __sys_execve." */
     if (strcmp(argv[3], argv[0])) {
       exit(124);
     }
@@ -51,14 +57,7 @@ TEST(GetProgramExecutableName, ofThisFile) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(!!strstr(self, "getprogramexecutablename_test"));
 }
 
-/* TODO(mrdomino): these tests only pass on XnuSilicon right now because
-                   __sys_execve fails there, so the ape loader is used.
-                   the correct check here is "we have been invoked either
-                   as an assimilated binary or via the ape loader, and not
-                   via a raw __sys_execve." */
-
 TEST(GetProgramExecutableName, nullEnv) {
-  if (!IsXnuSilicon()) return;
   SPAWN(fork);
   execve(self, (char *[]){self, "Child", self, self, 0}, (char *[]){0});
   abort();
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@ TEST(GetProgramExecutableName, nullEnv) {
 }
 
 TEST(GetProramExecutableName, weirdArgv0NullEnv) {
-  if (!IsXnuSilicon()) return;
   SPAWN(fork);
   execve(self, (char *[]){"hello", "Child", self, "hello", 0}, (char *[]){0});
   abort();
@@ -74,7 +72,6 @@ TEST(GetProramExecutableName, weirdArgv0NullEnv) {
 }
 
 TEST(GetProgramExecutableName, weirdArgv0CosmoVar) {
-  if (!IsXnuSilicon()) return;
   char buf[32 + PATH_MAX];
   stpcpy(stpcpy(buf, "COSMOPOLITAN_PROGRAM_EXECUTABLE="), self);
   SPAWN(fork);
@@ -85,7 +82,6 @@ TEST(GetProgramExecutableName, weirdArgv0CosmoVar) {
 }
 
 TEST(GetProgramExecutableName, weirdArgv0WrongCosmoVar) {
-  if (!IsXnuSilicon()) return;
   char *bad = "COSMOPOLITAN_PROGRAM_EXECUTABLE=hi";
   SPAWN(fork);
   execve(self, (char *[]){"hello", "Child", self, "hello", 0},
@@ -95,7 +91,6 @@ TEST(GetProgramExecutableName, weirdArgv0WrongCosmoVar) {
 }
 
 TEST(GetProgramExecutableName, movedSelf) {
-  if (!IsXnuSilicon()) return;
   char buf[BUFSIZ];
   ASSERT_SYS(0, 3, open(GetProgramExecutableName(), O_RDONLY));
   ASSERT_SYS(0, 4, creat("test", 0755));