diff --git a/t/t4032-diff-inter-hunk-context.sh b/t/t4032-diff-inter-hunk-context.sh
index c98eb6abb2..2d216fb70f 100755
--- a/t/t4032-diff-inter-hunk-context.sh
+++ b/t/t4032-diff-inter-hunk-context.sh
@@ -40,11 +40,13 @@ t() {
 		test $(git $cmd $file | grep '^@@ ' | wc -l) = $hunks
 	"
 
-	test -f $expected &&
-	test_expect_success "$label: check output" "
-		git $cmd $file | grep -v '^index ' >actual &&
-		test_cmp $expected actual
-	"
+	if test -f $expected
+	then
+		test_expect_success "$label: check output" "
+			git $cmd $file | grep -v '^index ' >actual &&
+			test_cmp $expected actual
+		"
+	fi
 }
 
 cat <<EOF >expected.f1.0.1 || exit 1
diff --git a/t/t7450-bad-git-dotfiles.sh b/t/t7450-bad-git-dotfiles.sh
index f512eed278..8cc86522b2 100755
--- a/t/t7450-bad-git-dotfiles.sh
+++ b/t/t7450-bad-git-dotfiles.sh
@@ -220,17 +220,19 @@ check_dotx_symlink () {
 		)
 	'
 
-	test -n "$refuse_index" &&
-	test_expect_success "refuse to load symlinked $name into index ($type)" '
-		test_must_fail \
-			git -C $dir \
-			    -c core.protectntfs \
-			    -c core.protecthfs \
-			    read-tree $tree 2>err &&
-		grep "invalid path.*$name" err &&
-		git -C $dir ls-files -s >out &&
-		test_must_be_empty out
-	'
+	if test -n "$refuse_index"
+	then
+		test_expect_success "refuse to load symlinked $name into index ($type)" '
+			test_must_fail \
+				git -C $dir \
+				    -c core.protectntfs \
+				    -c core.protecthfs \
+				    read-tree $tree 2>err &&
+			grep "invalid path.*$name" err &&
+			git -C $dir ls-files -s >out &&
+			test_must_be_empty out
+		'
+	fi
 }
 
 check_dotx_symlink gitmodules vanilla .gitmodules