diff --git a/t/op/magic.t b/t/op/magic.t
index 27c1d43..91882f4 100644
--- a/t/op/magic.t
+++ b/t/op/magic.t
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ EOP
 # argv[0] assignment and by calling prctl()
 {
   SKIP: {
-    skip "We don't have prctl() here, or we're on Android", 2 unless $Config{d_prctl_set_name} && $^O ne 'android';
+    skip "Skip test to avoid external ps(1) dependency", 2;
 
     # We don't really need these tests. prctl() is tested in the
     # Kernel, but test it anyway for our sanity. If something doesn't
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ SKIP: {
 	    my $me = (split /\0/, $line)[0];
 	    is $me, $0, 'altering $0 is effective (testing with /proc/)';
 	    close CMDLINE;
-            skip("\$0 check with 'ps' only on Linux (but not Android) and FreeBSD", 1) if $^O eq 'android';
+            skip("\$0 check with 'ps' only on Linux (but not Android) and FreeBSD", 1); # if $^O eq 'android';
             # perlbug #22811
             my $mydollarzero = sub {
               my($arg) = shift;