diff --git a/ext/date/tests/date_add_basic.phpt b/ext/date/tests/date_add_basic.phpt
index 38d7ed76e25..adddc1340f3 100644
--- a/ext/date/tests/date_add_basic.phpt
+++ b/ext/date/tests/date_add_basic.phpt
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 Test date_add() function : basic functionality 
 --CREDITS--
 Felix De Vliegher <felix.devliegher@gmail.com>
---SKIPIF--
-<?php if (!function_exists('date_add')) echo "skip: date_add() function not found!"; ?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
 date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
diff --git a/ext/date/tests/date_create-1.phpt b/ext/date/tests/date_create-1.phpt
index 365d54dc946..4b156de6e47 100644
--- a/ext/date/tests/date_create-1.phpt
+++ b/ext/date/tests/date_create-1.phpt
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 --TEST--
 date_create() function [1]
---SKIPIF--
-<?php if (!function_exists('date_create')) echo "SKIP"; ?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
 date_default_timezone_set('Europe/Oslo');
diff --git a/ext/date/tests/date_create-2.phpt b/ext/date/tests/date_create-2.phpt
index 406a6b0f2cb..206a0ab7f98 100644
--- a/ext/date/tests/date_create-2.phpt
+++ b/ext/date/tests/date_create-2.phpt
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 --TEST--
 date_create() function [2]
---SKIPIF--
-<?php if (!function_exists('date_create')) echo "SKIP"; ?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
 date_default_timezone_set("GMT");
diff --git a/ext/date/tests/date_modify-1.phpt b/ext/date/tests/date_modify-1.phpt
index c35e430df78..6b3e3ae0c26 100644
--- a/ext/date/tests/date_modify-1.phpt
+++ b/ext/date/tests/date_modify-1.phpt
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 --TEST--
 date_modify() function [1]
---SKIPIF--
-<?php if (!function_exists('date_create')) echo "SKIP"; ?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
 date_default_timezone_set("Pacific/Kwajalein");
diff --git a/ext/date/tests/date_modify-2.phpt b/ext/date/tests/date_modify-2.phpt
index cc197fcdc49..40d813539bf 100644
--- a/ext/date/tests/date_modify-2.phpt
+++ b/ext/date/tests/date_modify-2.phpt
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 --TEST--
 date_modify() function [2]
---SKIPIF--
-<?php if (!function_exists('date_create')) echo "SKIP"; ?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
 date_default_timezone_set("GMT");
diff --git a/ext/date/tests/date_sub_basic.phpt b/ext/date/tests/date_sub_basic.phpt
index 00e96261987..b6aed7881b9 100644
--- a/ext/date/tests/date_sub_basic.phpt
+++ b/ext/date/tests/date_sub_basic.phpt
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 Test date_sub() function : basic functionality 
 --CREDITS--
 Felix De Vliegher <felix.devliegher@gmail.com>
---SKIPIF--
-<?php if (!function_exists('date_sub')) echo "skip: date_sub() function not found!"; ?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
 date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
diff --git a/ext/date/tests/strtotime_basic.phpt b/ext/date/tests/strtotime_basic.phpt
index dec63af97bb..c64f0e8bdc5 100644
--- a/ext/date/tests/strtotime_basic.phpt
+++ b/ext/date/tests/strtotime_basic.phpt
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 --TEST--
 strtotime() function - a test to show the difference in behaviour between 'first' and '1', "second" and "2"...
---SKIPIF--
-<?php if (!function_exists('strtotime')) echo "SKIP"; ?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
 date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
diff --git a/ext/pcre/tests/locales.phpt b/ext/pcre/tests/locales.phpt
index a1030204eed..6dcb2bf6940 100644
--- a/ext/pcre/tests/locales.phpt
+++ b/ext/pcre/tests/locales.phpt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ Localized match
 --SKIPIF--
 <?php 
 
-if (!function_exists('setlocale')) die('skip: setlocale() not available');
 if (!@setlocale(LC_ALL, 'pt_PT', 'pt', 'pt_PT.ISO8859-1', 'portuguese')) die('skip pt locale not available');
 
 ?>
diff --git a/ext/pcre/tests/skip_001.inc b/ext/pcre/tests/skip_001.inc
index b989dbbb9a6..35434ece5b5 100644
--- a/ext/pcre/tests/skip_001.inc
+++ b/ext/pcre/tests/skip_001.inc
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 
-if (!function_exists('setlocale')) {
-	die('skip: setlocale() not available');
-}
-
 if (!@setlocale(LC_ALL, 'pt_PT', 'pt', 'pt_PT.ISO8859-1', 'portuguese')) {
 	die('skip pt locale not available');
 }
diff --git a/ext/soap/tests/bugs/bug39815.phpt b/ext/soap/tests/bugs/bug39815.phpt
index 1adc50a2def..847c37161b1 100644
--- a/ext/soap/tests/bugs/bug39815.phpt
+++ b/ext/soap/tests/bugs/bug39815.phpt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ Bug #39815 (to_zval_double() in ext/soap/php_encoding.c is not locale-independen
 --SKIPIF--
 <?php 
 require_once('skipif.inc'); 
-if (!function_exists('setlocale')) die('skip setlocale() not available'); 
 if (!@setlocale(LC_ALL, 'sv_SE', 'sv_SE.ISO8859-1')) die('skip sv_SE locale not available');
 if (!@setlocale(LC_ALL, 'en_US', 'en_US.ISO8859-1')) die('skip en_US locale not available');
 ?>
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/file/file_get_contents_error001.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/file/file_get_contents_error001.phpt
index a347d9d3d1d..1437b8a8a06 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/file/file_get_contents_error001.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/file/file_get_contents_error001.phpt
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ display_errors=false
 --SKIPIF--
 <?php
 	if (getenv("SKIP_SLOW_TESTS")) die("skip slow test");
-	if (!function_exists("file_get_contents"))
-		die ("skip file_get_contents function is not found");
 	if (getenv("SKIP_ONLINE_TESTS")) die("skip online test");
 ?>
 --FILE--
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/file/file_get_contents_error002.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/file/file_get_contents_error002.phpt
index 47c7b9cd635..8ca11626723 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/file/file_get_contents_error002.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/file/file_get_contents_error002.phpt
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@ file_get_contents() test using negative parameter for length (last parameter)
 "Sylvain R." <sracine@phpquebec.org>
 --INI--
 display_errors=false
---SKIPIF--
-<?php
-	if (!function_exists("file_get_contents"))
-		die ("skip file_get_contents function is not found");
-?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
 	var_dump(file_get_contents("http://checkip.dyndns.com",null,null,0,-1));
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/image/image_type_to_extension.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/image/image_type_to_extension.phpt
index f6551fbc231..a2e2758188d 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/image/image_type_to_extension.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/image/image_type_to_extension.phpt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 image_type_to_extension()
 --SKIPIF--
 <?php 
-    if (!function_exists('image_type_to_extension')) die('skip image_type_to_extension() not available'); 
     require_once('skipif_imagetype.inc');
 ?>
 --FILE--
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/image/image_type_to_mime_type.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/image/image_type_to_mime_type.phpt
index 38a90c1bb33..199d2c4b582 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/image/image_type_to_mime_type.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/image/image_type_to_mime_type.phpt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 image_type_to_mime_type()
 --SKIPIF--
 <?php
-	if (!function_exists('image_type_to_mime_type')) die('skip image_type_to_mime_type() not available');
 	require_once('skipif_imagetype.inc');
 ?>
 --FILE--
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/image/image_type_to_mime_type_basic.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/image/image_type_to_mime_type_basic.phpt
index 9ee91961c24..8e3176ef415 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/image/image_type_to_mime_type_basic.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/image/image_type_to_mime_type_basic.phpt
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 --TEST--
 image_type_to_mime_type()
---SKIPIF--
-<?php 
-	if (!function_exists('image_type_to_mime_type')) die('skip image_type_to_mime_type() not available');
-?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
 
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/math/decbin_error.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/math/decbin_error.phpt
index fcfd1874a51..007c998e48d 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/math/decbin_error.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/math/decbin_error.phpt
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 Test expm1() - Error conditions
 --INI--
 precision=14
---SKIPIF--
-<?php
-	function_exists('expm1') or die('skip expm1() is not supported in this build.');
-?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
 /* Prototype  : float expm1  ( float $arg  )
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/strings/bug20934.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/strings/bug20934.phpt
index 0d95081d54d..121d9b6ecb1 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/strings/bug20934.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/strings/bug20934.phpt
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 --TEST--
 Bug #20934 (htmlspecialchars returns latin1 from UTF-8)
---SKIPIF--
-<?php
-if (!function_exists("utf8_encode") || !function_exists("utf8_decode")) {
-	die("SKIP Neither utf8_encode() nor utf8_decode() are available");
-}
-?> 
 --FILE--
 <?php
 $str = utf8_encode("\xe0\xe1");
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/strings/bug73058.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/strings/bug73058.phpt
index f0998502134..f769616f565 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/strings/bug73058.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/strings/bug73058.phpt
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 --TEST--
 Bug #73058 crypt broken when salt is 'too' long
---SKIPIF--
-<?php
-if (!function_exists('crypt'))) {
-	die("SKIP crypt() is not available");
-}
-?> 
 --FILE--
 <?php
 $pass = 'secret';
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt.phpt
index 3dcff2eaf26..f64b61cb5ff 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt.phpt
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 --TEST--
 crypt() function
---SKIPIF--
-<?php
-if (!function_exists('crypt')) {
-	die("SKIP crypt() is not available");
-}
-?> 
 --FILE--
 <?php
 
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_blowfish.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_blowfish.phpt
index 0bf0d1949e1..de2cf637df8 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_blowfish.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_blowfish.phpt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Official blowfish tests (http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/glibc/crypt_blowfish/wrapper.c)
 --SKIPIF--
 <?php
-if (!function_exists('crypt') || !defined("CRYPT_BLOWFISH")) {
+if (!defined("CRYPT_BLOWFISH")) {
     die("SKIP crypt()-blowfish is not available");
 }
 ?>
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_blowfish_variation1.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_blowfish_variation1.phpt
index 44367001049..020b8afc855 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_blowfish_variation1.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_blowfish_variation1.phpt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Test Blowfish crypt() with invalid rounds
 --SKIPIF--
 <?php
-if (!function_exists('crypt') || !defined("CRYPT_BLOWFISH")) {
+if (!defined("CRYPT_BLOWFISH")) {
     die("SKIP crypt()-blowfish is not available");
 }
 ?>
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_chars.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_chars.phpt
index 09cd8682160..c4e65016f18 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_chars.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_chars.phpt
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 --TEST--
 crypt() function - characters > 0x80
---SKIPIF--
-<?php
-if (!function_exists('crypt')) {
-        die("SKIP crypt() is not available");
-}
-?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
 var_dump(crypt("À1234abcd", "99"));
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_des_error.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_des_error.phpt
index f480efc4708..6c77ccd9e0b 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_des_error.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_des_error.phpt
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 --TEST--
 crypt(): *0 should return *1
---SKIPIF--
-<?php
-if (!function_exists('crypt')) {
-	die("SKIP crypt() is not available");
-}
-?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
 
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_sha256.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_sha256.phpt
index 37bc31bd8b7..644ab881699 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_sha256.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_sha256.phpt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 crypt() SHA-256 
 --SKIPIF--
 <?php
-if (!function_exists('crypt') || !defined("CRYPT_SHA256")) {
+if (!defined("CRYPT_SHA256")) {
 	die("SKIP crypt()-sha256 is not available");
 }
 ?> 
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_sha512.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_sha512.phpt
index 615376e6b23..c94ebc5aea3 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_sha512.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_sha512.phpt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 crypt() SHA-512
 --SKIPIF--
 <?php
-if (!function_exists('crypt') || !defined("CRYPT_SHA512")) {
+if (!defined("CRYPT_SHA512")) {
 	die("SKIP crypt()-sha512 is not available");
 }
 ?> 
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_variation1.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_variation1.phpt
index 3315f035eda..3f351a6de4b 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_variation1.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/strings/crypt_variation1.phpt
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 --TEST--
 crypt() function - long salt
---SKIPIF--
-<?php
-if (!function_exists('crypt')) {
-	die("SKIP crypt() is not available");
-}
-?> 
 --FILE--
 <?php
 
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/strings/moneyformat.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/strings/moneyformat.phpt
index 8adc2e3ade0..0eec563a390 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/strings/moneyformat.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/strings/moneyformat.phpt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 money_format test
 --SKIPIF--
 <?php
-	if (!function_exists('money_format') || !function_exists('setlocale')) {
+	if (!function_exists('money_format')) {
 		die("SKIP money_format - not supported\n");
 	}
 
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/time/001.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/time/001.phpt
index 3b0ed8a77f4..0b76404ccb2 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/time/001.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/time/001.phpt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ microtime() function
 --SKIPIF--
 <?php 
 	if (!function_exists('microtime'))  die('skip microtime() not available'); 
-	die('warn system dependent');
 ?>
 --FILE--
 <?php