diff --git a/_scripts/test_linux.sh b/_scripts/test_linux.sh
index a0db51eef6..b19bf6bdf3 100755
--- a/_scripts/test_linux.sh
+++ b/_scripts/test_linux.sh
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@
 set -e
 set -x
 
-apt-get -qq update
-apt-get install -y gcc curl jq lsof
-
 version=$1
 arch=$2
 
+apt-get -qq update
+if [ "$arch" = "ppc64le" ]; then
+	apt-get install --no-upgrade -y wget jq
+else
+	apt-get install --no-upgrade -y gcc wget jq lsof
+fi
+
 
 if [ "$arch" != "ppc64le" ]; then
 	apt-get install -y dwz
@@ -17,7 +21,7 @@ fi
 function getgo {
 	export GOROOT=/usr/local/go/$1
 	if [ ! -d "$GOROOT" ]; then
-		curl -sO https://dl.google.com/go/"$1".linux-"${arch}".tar.gz
+		wget -q https://dl.google.com/go/"$1".linux-"${arch}".tar.gz
 		mkdir -p /usr/local/go
 		tar -C /usr/local/go -xzf "$1".linux-"${arch}".tar.gz
 		mv -f /usr/local/go/go "$GOROOT"
@@ -26,7 +30,7 @@ function getgo {
 
 if [ "$version" = "gotip" ]; then
 	echo Building Go from tip
-	getgo $(curl https://go.dev/VERSION?m=text | head -1)
+	getgo $(wget -q -O - https://go.dev/VERSION?m=text | head -1)
 	export GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP=$GOROOT
 	export GOROOT=/usr/local/go/go-tip
 	apt-get install -y git
@@ -37,9 +41,9 @@ if [ "$version" = "gotip" ]; then
 else
 	echo Finding latest patch version for $version
 	echo "Go $version on $arch"
-	version=$(curl 'https://go.dev/dl/?mode=json&include=all' | jq '.[].version' --raw-output | egrep ^$version'($|\.|beta|rc)' | sort -rV | head -1)
+	version=$(wget -q -O - 'https://go.dev/dl/?mode=json&include=all' | jq '.[].version' --raw-output | egrep ^$version'($|\.|beta|rc)' | sort -rV | head -1)
 	if [ "x$version" = "x" ]; then
-		version=$(curl 'https://go.dev/dl/?mode=json&include=all' | jq '.[].version' --raw-output | egrep ^$version'($|\.)' | sort -rV | head -1)
+		version=$(wget -q -O - 'https://go.dev/dl/?mode=json&include=all' | jq '.[].version' --raw-output | egrep ^$version'($|\.)' | sort -rV | head -1)
 	fi
 	getgo $version
 fi
diff --git a/pkg/proc/proc_linux_test.go b/pkg/proc/proc_linux_test.go
index 36398936e4..a86c7bf59e 100644
--- a/pkg/proc/proc_linux_test.go
+++ b/pkg/proc/proc_linux_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,15 @@ import (
 	protest "github.com/go-delve/delve/pkg/proc/test"
 )
 
+func mustHaveObjcopy(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Helper()
+	if objcopyPath, _ := exec.LookPath("objcopy"); objcopyPath == "" {
+		t.Skip("no objcopy in path")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestLoadingExternalDebugInfo(t *testing.T) {
+	mustHaveObjcopy(t)
 	fixture := protest.BuildFixture("locationsprog", 0)
 	defer os.Remove(fixture.Path)
 	stripAndCopyDebugInfo(fixture, t)
@@ -26,6 +34,7 @@ func TestLoadingExternalDebugInfo(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestGnuDebuglink(t *testing.T) {
+	mustHaveObjcopy(t)
 	// build math.go and make a copy of the executable
 	fixture := protest.BuildFixture("math", 0)
 	buf, err := os.ReadFile(fixture.Path)
diff --git a/pkg/proc/proc_test.go b/pkg/proc/proc_test.go
index d39d516b35..f1485cddf7 100644
--- a/pkg/proc/proc_test.go
+++ b/pkg/proc/proc_test.go
@@ -4449,6 +4449,7 @@ func findSource(source string, sources []string) bool {
 }
 
 func TestListImages(t *testing.T) {
+	protest.MustHaveCgo(t)
 	pluginFixtures := protest.WithPlugins(t, protest.AllNonOptimized, "plugin1/", "plugin2/")
 
 	withTestProcessArgs("plugintest", t, ".", []string{pluginFixtures[0].Path, pluginFixtures[1].Path}, protest.AllNonOptimized, func(p *proc.Target, grp *proc.TargetGroup, fixture protest.Fixture) {
@@ -4596,6 +4597,7 @@ func TestCallConcurrent(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestPluginStepping(t *testing.T) {
+	protest.MustHaveCgo(t)
 	pluginFixtures := protest.WithPlugins(t, protest.AllNonOptimized, "plugin1/", "plugin2/")
 
 	testseq2Args(".", []string{pluginFixtures[0].Path, pluginFixtures[1].Path}, protest.AllNonOptimized, t, "plugintest2", "", []seqTest{
diff --git a/service/dap/server_test.go b/service/dap/server_test.go
index 3a5200dd8e..4031ebd1cb 100644
--- a/service/dap/server_test.go
+++ b/service/dap/server_test.go
@@ -7489,6 +7489,7 @@ func TestFindInstructions(t *testing.T) {
 func TestDisassembleCgo(t *testing.T) {
 	// Test that disassembling a program containing cgo code does not create problems.
 	// See issue #3040
+	protest.MustHaveCgo(t)
 	runTestBuildFlags(t, "cgodisass", func(client *daptest.Client, fixture protest.Fixture) {
 		runDebugSessionWithBPs(t, client, "launch",
 			// Launch
diff --git a/service/test/integration2_test.go b/service/test/integration2_test.go
index e2161fa026..7159529dd6 100644
--- a/service/test/integration2_test.go
+++ b/service/test/integration2_test.go
@@ -2789,6 +2789,9 @@ func TestNonGoDebug(t *testing.T) {
 	if runtime.GOOS != "linux" {
 		t.Skip()
 	}
+	if objcopyPath, _ := exec.LookPath("cc"); objcopyPath == "" {
+		t.Skip("no C compiler in path")
+	}
 	dir := protest.FindFixturesDir()
 	path := protest.TempFile("testc")
 	cmd := exec.Command("cc", "-g", "-o", path, filepath.Join(dir, "test.c"))