diff --git a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/directives.md b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/directives.md
index 5d626e3c92d15..4226c1750ef2c 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/directives.md
+++ b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/directives.md
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ Some examples of `X` in `ignore-X` or `only-X`:
 - OS: `android`, `emscripten`, `freebsd`, `ios`, `linux`, `macos`, `windows`,
   ...
 - Environment (fourth word of the target triple): `gnu`, `msvc`, `musl`
-- WASM: `wasm32-bare` matches `wasm32-unknown-unknown`.
 - Pointer width: `32bit`, `64bit`
 - Endianness: `endian-big`
 - Stage: `stage1`, `stage2`
diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/directives/cfg.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/directives/cfg.rs
index 10795eee0fefa..1735866bf2cd6 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/directives/cfg.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/directives/cfg.rs
@@ -147,14 +147,6 @@ fn parse_cfg_name_directive<'a>(
         message: "when the target family is {name}"
     }
 
-    // `wasm32-bare` is an alias to refer to just wasm32-unknown-unknown
-    // (in contrast to `wasm32` which also matches non-bare targets)
-    condition! {
-        name: "wasm32-bare",
-        condition: config.target == "wasm32-unknown-unknown",
-        message: "when the target is WASM"
-    }
-
     condition! {
         name: "thumb",
         condition: config.target.starts_with("thumb"),
diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/directives/directive_names.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/directives/directive_names.rs
index d2f5b3dba3dd7..8d1232a47596b 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/directives/directive_names.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/directives/directive_names.rs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ pub(crate) const KNOWN_DIRECTIVE_NAMES: &[&str] = &[
     "ignore-wasi",
     "ignore-wasm",
     "ignore-wasm32",
-    "ignore-wasm32-bare",
+    "ignore-wasm32-unknown-unknown",
     "ignore-wasm64",
     "ignore-watchos",
     "ignore-windows",
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ pub(crate) const KNOWN_DIRECTIVE_NAMES: &[&str] = &[
     "only-unix",
     "only-visionos",
     "only-wasm32",
-    "only-wasm32-bare",
+    "only-wasm32-unknown-unknown",
     "only-wasm32-wasip1",
     "only-watchos",
     "only-windows",
diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/directives/tests.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/directives/tests.rs
index 419bf0cfcd2f6..649dc85703419 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/directives/tests.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/directives/tests.rs
@@ -710,18 +710,14 @@ fn wasm_special() {
     let ignores = [
         ("wasm32-unknown-unknown", "emscripten", false),
         ("wasm32-unknown-unknown", "wasm32", true),
-        ("wasm32-unknown-unknown", "wasm32-bare", true),
         ("wasm32-unknown-unknown", "wasm64", false),
         ("wasm32-unknown-emscripten", "emscripten", true),
         ("wasm32-unknown-emscripten", "wasm32", true),
-        ("wasm32-unknown-emscripten", "wasm32-bare", false),
         ("wasm32-wasip1", "emscripten", false),
         ("wasm32-wasip1", "wasm32", true),
-        ("wasm32-wasip1", "wasm32-bare", false),
         ("wasm32-wasip1", "wasi", true),
         ("wasm64-unknown-unknown", "emscripten", false),
         ("wasm64-unknown-unknown", "wasm32", false),
-        ("wasm64-unknown-unknown", "wasm32-bare", false),
         ("wasm64-unknown-unknown", "wasm64", true),
     ];
     for (target, pattern, ignore) in ignores {
diff --git a/tests/assembly-llvm/stack-protector/stack-protector-heuristics-effect.rs b/tests/assembly-llvm/stack-protector/stack-protector-heuristics-effect.rs
index ae281cb95da5f..3728ff3adf105 100644
--- a/tests/assembly-llvm/stack-protector/stack-protector-heuristics-effect.rs
+++ b/tests/assembly-llvm/stack-protector/stack-protector-heuristics-effect.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //@ ignore-apple slightly different policy on stack protection of arrays
 //@ ignore-msvc stack check code uses different function names
 //@ ignore-nvptx64 stack protector is not supported
-//@ ignore-wasm32-bare
+//@ ignore-wasm32-unknown-unknown
 //@ [all] compile-flags: -Z stack-protector=all
 //@ [strong] compile-flags: -Z stack-protector=strong
 //@ [basic] compile-flags: -Z stack-protector=basic
diff --git a/tests/run-make/wasm-exceptions-nostd/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/wasm-exceptions-nostd/rmake.rs
index 720ee9909d2ab..e43d6bcd02b80 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/wasm-exceptions-nostd/rmake.rs
+++ b/tests/run-make/wasm-exceptions-nostd/rmake.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//@ only-wasm32-bare
+//@ only-wasm32-unknown-unknown
 
 use std::path::Path;