diff --git a/dlls/kernel32/tests/console.c b/dlls/kernel32/tests/console.c
index 3bcb872adae..abd42bdeb6d 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel32/tests/console.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel32/tests/console.c
@@ -532,9 +532,8 @@ static void testCtrlHandler(void)
     mch_event = CreateEventA(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL);
     mch_count = 0;
     ok(GenerateConsoleCtrlEvent(CTRL_C_EVENT, 0), "Couldn't send ctrl-c event\n");
-#if 0  /* FIXME: it isn't synchronous on wine but it can still happen before we test */
-    todo_wine ok(mch_count == 1, "Event isn't synchronous\n");
-#endif
+    /* FIXME: it isn't synchronous on wine but it can still happen before we test */
+    if (0) ok(mch_count == 1, "Event isn't synchronous\n");
     ok(WaitForSingleObject(mch_event, 3000) == WAIT_OBJECT_0, "event sending didn't work\n");
     CloseHandle(mch_event);
 
diff --git a/dlls/kernel32/tests/file.c b/dlls/kernel32/tests/file.c
index 5b86d3c2c79..7eecec614e8 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel32/tests/file.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel32/tests/file.c
@@ -693,12 +693,14 @@ static void test_CreateFileW(void)
     ret = DeleteFileW(filename);
     ok(ret, "DeleteFileW: error %d\n", GetLastError());
 
-#if 0  /* this test crashes on NT4.0 */
-    hFile = CreateFileW(NULL, GENERIC_READ, 0, NULL,
-                        CREATE_NEW, FILE_FLAG_RANDOM_ACCESS, 0);
-    ok(hFile == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE && GetLastError() == ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND,
-       "CreateFileW(NULL) returned ret=%p error=%ld\n",hFile,GetLastError());
-#endif
+    if (0)
+    {
+        /* this crashes on NT4.0 */
+        hFile = CreateFileW(NULL, GENERIC_READ, 0, NULL,
+                            CREATE_NEW, FILE_FLAG_RANDOM_ACCESS, 0);
+        ok(hFile == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE && GetLastError() == ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND,
+           "CreateFileW(NULL) returned ret=%p error=%u\n",hFile,GetLastError());
+    }
 
     hFile = CreateFileW(emptyW, GENERIC_READ, 0, NULL,
                         CREATE_NEW, FILE_FLAG_RANDOM_ACCESS, 0);
diff --git a/dlls/kernel32/tests/path.c b/dlls/kernel32/tests/path.c
index 25f5c1bfbbd..9212165f991 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel32/tests/path.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel32/tests/path.c
@@ -964,10 +964,9 @@ static void test_GetSystemDirectory(void)
     ok(res > 0, "returned %d with %d (expected '>0')\n", res, GetLastError());
 
     total = res;
-#if 0
-    /* this test crash on XP */
-    res = GetSystemDirectory(NULL, total);
-#endif
+
+    /* this crashes on XP */
+    if (0) res = GetSystemDirectory(NULL, total);
 
     SetLastError(0xdeadbeef);
     res = GetSystemDirectory(NULL, total-1);
@@ -1024,10 +1023,8 @@ static void test_GetWindowsDirectory(void)
     ok(res > 0, "returned %d with %d (expected '>0')\n", res, GetLastError());
 
     total = res;
-#if 0
-    /* this test crash on XP */
-    res = GetWindowsDirectory(NULL, total);
-#endif
+    /* this crashes on XP */
+    if (0) res = GetWindowsDirectory(NULL, total);
 
     SetLastError(0xdeadbeef);
     res = GetWindowsDirectory(NULL, total-1);