diff --git a/examples/javascript/Makefile b/examples/javascript/Makefile
index 7c6fa0995a63a7e40795df30c2728715af3924e6..c9509da11376aea42be2e497464ec456fc89fb6a 100644
--- a/examples/javascript/Makefile
+++ b/examples/javascript/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ BOARD_INSUFFICIENT_MEMORY := airfy-beacon b-l072z-lrwan1 bluepill calliope-mini
                              spark-core stm32f0discovery yunjia-nrf51822 \
 
 BOARD_BLACKLIST := arduino-duemilanove arduino-mega2560 arduino-uno chronos \
-                   msb-430 msb-430h qemu-i386 telosb waspmote-pro wsn430-v1_3b \
+                   msb-430 msb-430h telosb waspmote-pro wsn430-v1_3b \
                    wsn430-v1_4 z1 pic32-wifire pic32-clicker
 
 # Comment this out to disable code in RIOT that does safety checking
diff --git a/tests/cbor/Makefile b/tests/cbor/Makefile
index b1710c916b2c0962c06fb1bdfa71ff8b730628c1..3538ddf1962218a2607f0510897b52e680c43af2 100644
--- a/tests/cbor/Makefile
+++ b/tests/cbor/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ BOARD_BLACKLIST += mips-malta
 BOARD_BLACKLIST += msb-430 msb-430h
 BOARD_BLACKLIST += nucleo32-f031
 BOARD_BLACKLIST += pic32-clicker pic32-wifire
-BOARD_BLACKLIST += qemu-i386
 BOARD_BLACKLIST += telosb
 BOARD_BLACKLIST += waspmote-pro
 BOARD_BLACKLIST += wsn430-v1_3b wsn430-v1_4
diff --git a/tests/libfixmath_unittests/Makefile b/tests/libfixmath_unittests/Makefile
index 49d7663002416cb067b9efc08c2d1b849b04778c..33b770edf0409d1639ed4971694ca1bad494d4ca 100644
--- a/tests/libfixmath_unittests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/libfixmath_unittests/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ BOARD_INSUFFICIENT_MEMORY := nucleo32-f031 nucleo32-f042 nucleo32-l031
 
 USEMODULE += libfixmath-unittests
 
-ifneq (,$(filter native qemu-i386,$(BOARD)))
+ifneq (,$(filter native,$(BOARD)))
   export LINKFLAGS += -lm
 endif
 
diff --git a/tests/unittests/tests-relic/Makefile b/tests/unittests/tests-relic/Makefile
index c02ed570c94f032fc9285023fa08fab8d7e606f0..0ab3d302fc5a605c7bd7628252653f1d96ccce37 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/tests-relic/Makefile
+++ b/tests/unittests/tests-relic/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ MODULE = tests-relic
 
 # The following boards are known to fail or have not been tested.
 BOARD_BLACKLIST := arduino-mega2560 chronos f4vi1 msb-430 msb-430h msbiot \
-                   qemu-i386 redbee-econotag stm32f0discovery \
+                   redbee-econotag stm32f0discovery \
                    stm32f3discovery telosb wsn430-v1_3b wsn430-v1_4 z1 \
                    waspmote-pro