diff --git a/tests/cortexm_common_ldscript/Makefile b/tests/cortexm_common_ldscript/Makefile
index 5bd527ef86..d04e375c71 100644
--- a/tests/cortexm_common_ldscript/Makefile
+++ b/tests/cortexm_common_ldscript/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.include
 COMPILE_TESTS  = test-elffile-overflow test-elffile-fw_rom_length
 COMPILE_TESTS += tests-offsets tests-fw_rom_len tests-rom-overflow
 
+# The tests should only be executed in build environment
+ifneq ($(BUILD_IN_DOCKER),1)
 all: compile-tests
+endif
 
 compile-tests: $(COMPILE_TESTS)
 .PHONY: compile-tests $(COMPILE_TESTS)
diff --git a/tests/libc_newlib/Makefile b/tests/libc_newlib/Makefile
index 140d341b3b..72024805c5 100644
--- a/tests/libc_newlib/Makefile
+++ b/tests/libc_newlib/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.include
 
 # Compile time tests
 .PHONY: compile-test test-newlib-nano
+# The tests should only be executed in build environment
+ifneq ($(BUILD_IN_DOCKER),1)
 all: compile-test
+endif
 
 ifneq (,$(filter newlib,$(USEMODULE)))
   COMPILE_TESTS += test-newlib
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@ endif
 # https://github.com/32bitmicro/newlib-nano-1.0/blob/f157c994b9a2c4bd8d0cfe9fe8fdd9cd54f8c63b/newlib/README.nano#L32
 
 test-newlib: $(ELFFILE)
+	$(Q)test -f $^
 	$(Q)\
 	PRINTF_ADDR=$$($(NM) $^ | sed -n '/ printf$$/ s/ .*//p');\
 	IPRINTF_ADDR=$$($(NM) $^ | sed -n '/ iprintf$$/ s/ .*//p');\