diff --git a/testsuite/gtk/defaultvalue.c b/testsuite/gtk/defaultvalue.c
index 603947d60c..34c9638cea 100644
--- a/testsuite/gtk/defaultvalue.c
+++ b/testsuite/gtk/defaultvalue.c
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ test_type (gconstpointer data)
 	  (strcmp (pspec->name, "pages") == 0)) /* pages always gets a non-NULL value */
 	continue;
 
+      if (g_type_is_a (type, GTK_TYPE_NOTEBOOK) &&
+	  (strcmp (pspec->name, "pages") == 0)) /* pages always gets a non-NULL value */
+	continue;
+
       if (g_type_is_a (type, GTK_TYPE_POPOVER) &&
 	  (strcmp (pspec->name, "pointing-to") == 0))
 	continue;
diff --git a/testsuite/gtk/notify.c b/testsuite/gtk/notify.c
index 20315b22f2..f36c8f43e7 100644
--- a/testsuite/gtk/notify.c
+++ b/testsuite/gtk/notify.c
@@ -617,6 +617,11 @@ test_type (gconstpointer data)
             g_str_equal (pspec->name, "selected-item")))
          continue;
 
+       /* can't set position without a notebook */
+       if (g_type_is_a (type, GTK_TYPE_NOTEBOOK_PAGE) &&
+           g_str_equal (pspec->name, "position"))
+         continue;
+
       if (g_test_verbose ())
         g_print ("Property %s.%s\n", g_type_name (pspec->owner_type), pspec->name);