3 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/test/functional/legacy/011_autocommands_spec.lua b/test/functional/legacy/011_autocommands_spec.lua
index c2667d28d2..379646b2ba 100644
--- a/test/functional/legacy/011_autocommands_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/legacy/011_autocommands_spec.lua
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ local lfs = require('lfs')
 local clear, feed_command, expect, eq, neq, dedent, write_file, feed =
   helpers.clear, helpers.feed_command, helpers.expect, helpers.eq, helpers.neq,
   helpers.dedent, helpers.write_file, helpers.feed
+local iswin = helpers.iswin
 
 local function has_gzip()
-  local null = helpers.iswin() and 'nul' or '/dev/null'
+  local null = iswin() and 'nul' or '/dev/null'
   return os.execute('gzip --help >' .. null .. ' 2>&1') == 0
 end
 
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ describe('file reading, writing and bufnew and filter autocommands', function()
     os.remove('test.out')
   end)
 
-  if not has_gzip() then
+  if iswin() or not has_gzip() then
     pending('skipped (missing `gzip` utility)', function() end)
   else
 
diff --git a/test/functional/legacy/097_glob_path_spec.lua b/test/functional/legacy/097_glob_path_spec.lua
index 907f0665ae..ccd93fed60 100644
--- a/test/functional/legacy/097_glob_path_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/legacy/097_glob_path_spec.lua
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ describe('glob() and globpath()', function()
   teardown(function()
     if helpers.iswin() then
       os.execute('del /q/f Xxx{ Xxx$')
-      os.execute('rd /q sautest')
+      os.execute('rd /q /s sautest')
     else
       os.execute("rm -rf sautest Xxx{ Xxx$")
     end
diff --git a/test/functional/legacy/delete_spec.lua b/test/functional/legacy/delete_spec.lua
index 5ef456bfe3..9ea3269828 100644
--- a/test/functional/legacy/delete_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/legacy/delete_spec.lua
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ local eq, eval, command = helpers.eq, helpers.eval, helpers.command
 
 describe('Test for delete()', function()
   before_each(clear)
+  after_each(function()
+    os.remove('Xfile')
+  end)
 
   it('file delete', function()
     command('split Xfile')
@@ -52,6 +55,9 @@ describe('Test for delete()', function()
         silent !ln -s Xfile Xlink
       endif
     ]])
+    if eval('v:shell_error') ~= 0 then
+      pending('Cannot create symlink', function()end)
+    end
     -- Delete the link, not the file
     eq(0, eval("delete('Xlink')"))
     eq(-1, eval("delete('Xlink')"))