diff --git a/test/libc/calls/getprogramexecutablename_test.c b/test/libc/calls/getprogramexecutablename_test.c
index 3e1f8ad8d..0de855239 100644
--- a/test/libc/calls/getprogramexecutablename_test.c
+++ b/test/libc/calls/getprogramexecutablename_test.c
@@ -36,8 +36,12 @@ void SetUpOnce(void) {
 
 __attribute__((__constructor__)) static void Child(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   static bool skiparg0tests;
-  if (IsLinux()) {
-    /* see also: https://github.com/jart/cosmopolitan/issues/1014 */
+  if (!IsXnuSilicon()) {
+    /* 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." */
     skiparg0tests = true;
     if (argc < 2) {
       fprintf(stderr, "warning: skipping argv[0] tests\n");