diff --git a/tests/test_filelock.py b/tests/test_filelock.py
index 599f0c89..38d8bc35 100644
--- a/tests/test_filelock.py
+++ b/tests/test_filelock.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import threading
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from contextlib import contextmanager
-from errno import ENOSYS
+from errno import EAGAIN, ENOSYS, EWOULDBLOCK
 from inspect import getframeinfo, stack
 from pathlib import Path, PurePath
 from stat import S_IWGRP, S_IWOTH, S_IWUSR, filemode
@@ -994,10 +994,10 @@ def test_lock_acquired_after_release_keeps_path(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     assert lock_path.exists()
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform == "win32", reason="Unix flock semantics")
 def test_waiter_fd_cannot_split_lock_after_release(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    if sys.platform == "win32":  # pragma: win32 cover  # Unix flock semantics; also narrows fcntl for the type checker
+        return
     import fcntl
-    from errno import EAGAIN, EWOULDBLOCK
 
     lock_path = tmp_path / "test.lock"
     first = FileLock(str(lock_path), is_singleton=False)
diff --git a/tests/test_util.py b/tests/test_util.py
index b65af49f..2cd34eee 100644
--- a/tests/test_util.py
+++ b/tests/test_util.py
@@ -78,12 +78,10 @@ def test_break_lock_file_break_path_not_targetable_by_a_peer(tmp_path: Path, moc
     # re-verify lstat and the unlink, and we would delete a live lock the inode check just approved.
     predictable = tmp_path / f"test.lock.break.{os.getpid()}"
     real_lstat = os.lstat
-    fired = {"x": False}
 
     def lstat_hook(path: str) -> os.stat_result:
         result = real_lstat(path)
-        if not fired["x"] and ".break." in path:
-            fired["x"] = True
+        if ".break." in path and not predictable.exists():  # once: the peer recreates a live lock at its own name
             lock.write_text("live", encoding="utf-8")
             lock.rename(predictable)
         return result