diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication/apphelper.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication/apphelper.cpp
index 946116167ea..8bf44bd00d2 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication/apphelper.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication/apphelper.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ static int exitFromThreadedEventLoop(int argc, char **argv)
 // see QTBUG-130895
 static int mainAppInAThread(int argc, char **argv)
 {
+#if defined(Q_OS_APPLE) && defined(QT_GUI_LIB)
+    // *** Assertion failure in -[NSMenu _setMenuName:], NSMenu.m:777
+    // *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'API misuse: setting the main menu on a non-main thread. Main menu contents should only be modified from the main thread.'
+    puts("QGuiApplication in a thread fails inside Apple libs");
+    return -1;
+#endif
+
     // note: when using std::thread in MinGW, we exercise different code paths
     // from QThread (winpthreads vs native)
     auto callable = [](int argc, char **argv) {
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication/tst_qcoreapplication.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication/tst_qcoreapplication.cpp
index c39c1b527d8..9b721a28d3d 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication/tst_qcoreapplication.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication/tst_qcoreapplication.cpp
@@ -1226,6 +1226,10 @@ void tst_QCoreApplication::runHelperTest()
     QProcess process;
     process.start(QFINDTESTDATA("apphelper" EXE), { QTest::currentTestFunction() });
     QVERIFY2(process.waitForFinished(5000), qPrintable(process.errorString()));
+    if (qint8(process.exitCode()) == -1)
+        QSKIP("Process requested skip: " + process.readAllStandardOutput().trimmed());
+
+
     QCOMPARE(process.readAllStandardError(), QString());
     QCOMPARE(process.exitStatus(), QProcess::NormalExit);
     QCOMPARE(process.exitCode(), 0);
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication/tst_qcoreapplication.h b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication/tst_qcoreapplication.h
index de75bdfaa18..cd1224e2cc7 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication/tst_qcoreapplication.h
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication/tst_qcoreapplication.h
@@ -52,13 +52,7 @@ private slots:
     void exitFromEventLoop() { runHelperTest(); }
     void exitFromThread() { runHelperTest(); }
     void exitFromThreadedEventLoop() { runHelperTest(); }
-#  if defined(Q_OS_APPLE) && defined(QT_GUI_LIB)
-    // QGuiApplication in a thread fails inside Apple libs:
-    // *** Assertion failure in -[NSMenu _setMenuName:], NSMenu.m:777
-    // *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'API misuse: setting the main menu on a non-main thread. Main menu contents should only be modified from the main thread.'
-#  else
     void mainAppInAThread() { runHelperTest(); }
-#  endif
 #endif
     void testTrWithPercantegeAtTheEnd();
 #if QT_CONFIG(library)
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qapplication/tst_qapplication.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qapplication/tst_qapplication.cpp
index 68e22fc4108..87c9fee2e90 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qapplication/tst_qapplication.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qapplication/tst_qapplication.cpp
@@ -97,13 +97,7 @@ private slots:
     void exitFromEventLoop() { runHelperTest(); }
     void exitFromThread() { runHelperTest(); }
     void exitFromThreadedEventLoop() { runHelperTest(); }
-#  if defined(Q_OS_APPLE)
-    // QGuiApplication in a thread fails inside Apple libs:
-    // *** Assertion failure in -[NSMenu _setMenuName:], NSMenu.m:777
-    // *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'API misuse: setting the main menu on a non-main thread. Main menu contents should only be modified from the main thread.'
-#  else
     void mainAppInAThread() { runHelperTest(); }
-#  endif
 #endif
     void thread();
     void desktopSettingsAware();
@@ -1016,6 +1010,9 @@ void tst_QApplication::runHelperTest()
     QProcess process;
     process.start(QFINDTESTDATA("apphelper" EXE), { QTest::currentTestFunction() });
     QVERIFY2(process.waitForFinished(5000), qPrintable(process.errorString()));
+    if (qint8(process.exitCode()) == -1)
+        QSKIP("Process requested skip: " + process.readAllStandardOutput().trimmed());
+
     QCOMPARE(process.readAllStandardError(), QString());
     QCOMPARE(process.exitStatus(), QProcess::NormalExit);
     QCOMPARE(process.exitCode(), 0);