diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/plugin/qpluginloader/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/auto/corelib/plugin/qpluginloader/CMakeLists.txt
index 592b8632fab..2bbd361e9d1 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/plugin/qpluginloader/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/plugin/qpluginloader/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ add_subdirectory(lib)
 add_subdirectory(staticplugin)
 add_subdirectory(theplugin)
 add_subdirectory(tst)
-if(UNIX AND NOT ANDROID AND NOT APPLE)
+if(UNIX AND NOT ANDROID AND NOT APPLE AND NOT CYGWIN)
     add_subdirectory(almostplugin)
 endif()
 if(MACOS AND QT_FEATURE_private_tests AND TARGET Qt::Gui)
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/plugin/qpluginloader/tst/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/auto/corelib/plugin/qpluginloader/tst/CMakeLists.txt
index 50bfc314ce3..931dce3de6e 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/plugin/qpluginloader/tst/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/plugin/qpluginloader/tst/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ if (UNIX)
     if(NOT APPLE)
         add_dependencies(tst_qpluginloader theoldplugin)
     endif()
-    if (NOT ANDROID AND NOT APPLE)
+    if (NOT ANDROID AND NOT APPLE AND NOT CYGWIN)
         add_dependencies(tst_qpluginloader almostplugin)
     endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/plugin/qpluginloader/tst_qpluginloader.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/plugin/qpluginloader/tst_qpluginloader.cpp
index c5a5bb40b8e..cb263f09b38 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/plugin/qpluginloader/tst_qpluginloader.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/plugin/qpluginloader/tst_qpluginloader.cpp
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ void tst_QPluginLoader::errorString()
 
 // A bug in QNX causes the test to crash on exit after attempting to load
 // a shared library with undefined symbols (tracked as QTBUG-114682).
-#if !defined(Q_OS_WIN) && !defined(Q_OS_DARWIN) && !defined(Q_OS_HPUX) && !defined(Q_OS_QNX)
+#if defined(Q_OF_ELF) && !defined(Q_OS_QNX)
     {
     QPluginLoader loader( sys_qualifiedLibraryName("almostplugin"));     //a plugin with unresolved symbols
     loader.setLoadHints(QLibrary::ResolveAllSymbolsHint);