diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_ENV.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_ENV.rb
index 8c1a725196..123918b46f 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_ENV.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_ENV.rb
@@ -4,13 +4,6 @@ require 'hardware'
 class EnvironmentTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def test_ENV_options
     ENV.gcc_4_0
-    begin
-      ENV.gcc_4_2
-    rescue RuntimeError => e
-      if `sw_vers -productVersion` =~ /10\.(\d+)/ and $1.to_i < 7
-        raise e
-      end
-    end
     ENV.O3
     ENV.minimal_optimization
     ENV.no_optimization
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_bucket.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_bucket.rb
index 007c49d7da..56b67b6868 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_bucket.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_bucket.rb
@@ -24,18 +24,6 @@ end
 class BeerTasting < Test::Unit::TestCase
   include VersionAssertions
 
-  def test_supported_compressed_types
-    assert_nothing_raised do
-      MockFormula.new 'test-0.1.tar.gz'
-      MockFormula.new 'test-0.1.tar.bz2'
-      MockFormula.new 'test-0.1.tar.xz'
-      MockFormula.new 'test-0.1.tgz'
-      MockFormula.new 'test-0.1.bgz'
-      MockFormula.new 'test-0.1.txz'
-      MockFormula.new 'test-0.1.zip'
-    end
-  end
-
   FOOBAR='foo-bar'
   def test_formula_funcs
     classname=Formula.class_s(FOOBAR)