diff --git a/tests/pio_cksum_writer.test.in b/tests/pio_cksum_writer.test.in
index e2a8a065b27df01de98117b072fb5992e5c4e4ea..292c1240ee32825310af6f9d5d01d5c2c330f81d 100644
--- a/tests/pio_cksum_writer.test.in
+++ b/tests/pio_cksum_writer.test.in
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!@SHELL@
-test 'x@ENABLE_GRIB@' = xyes || exit 77
 
 pio_write_args="-p PIO_WRITER -w 4"
 mpi_task_num=8
diff --git a/tests/test_cdf_const.in b/tests/test_cdf_const.in
index 51c3628d97585f12fb9374b697400083db7d7021..21a99f055fed5c2b06367a4fece0d0bef0c40803 100644
--- a/tests/test_cdf_const.in
+++ b/tests/test_cdf_const.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!@SHELL@
-test 'x@ENABLE_NETCDF@' = xyes || exit 77
+@ENABLE_NETCDF_FALSE@exit 77
 
 cdi_app_stdout="$0.cdi_app.stdout"
 cdi_app_stderr="$0.cdi_app.stderr"
diff --git a/tests/test_cdf_transformation.in b/tests/test_cdf_transformation.in
index 04978e80ab18d2fca84ec2c9c2f79cf097c8c229..8e89108b816c874ce6dec2a3b91f593f50020bbc 100644
--- a/tests/test_cdf_transformation.in
+++ b/tests/test_cdf_transformation.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!@SHELL@
-test 'x@ENABLE_NETCDF@' = xyes || exit 77
+@ENABLE_NETCDF_FALSE@exit 77
 
 ncdatafile="$0.nc"
 
diff --git a/tests/test_cksum_nc.in b/tests/test_cksum_nc.in
index 59ed95d3792be1b36b4a58e4a3e0e2397ee0b087..64fbb82e57d0cc46c92a2322c0d9ab748c4d0783 100644
--- a/tests/test_cksum_nc.in
+++ b/tests/test_cksum_nc.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!@SHELL@
-test 'x@ENABLE_NETCDF@' = xyes || exit 77
+@ENABLE_NETCDF_FALSE@exit 77
 
 prefix=${0##*/}
 format=nc
diff --git a/tests/test_cksum_nc_chunk.in b/tests/test_cksum_nc_chunk.in
index b69c96d4ade5a98615b02b0d22df75b2f2310f56..97f8b8b7ac994462053fa6c7dba61edb01709d75 100644
--- a/tests/test_cksum_nc_chunk.in
+++ b/tests/test_cksum_nc_chunk.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!@SHELL@
-test 'x@ENABLE_NETCDF@' = xyes || exit 77
+@ENABLE_NETCDF_FALSE@exit 77
 
 prefix=${0##*/}
 format=nc
diff --git a/tests/test_f2003.in b/tests/test_f2003.in
index ec6182ca1d49f767cf7236e70da8c1e8c36f7169..c8b9f9f3190ffff8d7a5ff7db2f8900ab67f51e3 100644
--- a/tests/test_f2003.in
+++ b/tests/test_f2003.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!@SHELL@
 @ENABLE_ISOC_INTERFACE_FALSE@exit 77
-test 'x@ENABLE_NETCDF@' = xyes || exit 77
+@ENABLE_NETCDF_FALSE@exit 77
 
 cdi_read_f2003_stdout="$0.cdi_read_f2003.stdout"
 cdi_read_f2003_stderr="$0.cdi_read_f2003.stderr"