diff --git a/tests/ui/bootstrap/self-test/a.rs b/tests/ui/bootstrap/self-test/a.rs
index b8abd8179c910..0818665af9f23 100644
--- a/tests/ui/bootstrap/self-test/a.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/bootstrap/self-test/a.rs
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 //! Not used by compiler, this is used by bootstrap cli self-test.
-//@ ignore-test (used by bootstrap)
diff --git a/tests/ui/bootstrap/self-test/b.rs b/tests/ui/bootstrap/self-test/b.rs
index 5bbd2f946febc..aeb4688830dba 100644
--- a/tests/ui/bootstrap/self-test/b.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/bootstrap/self-test/b.rs
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 //! Not used by compiler, used by bootstrap cli self-test.
-//@ ignore-test (used by bootstrap)
diff --git a/tests/ui/bootstrap/self-test/compiletest-ignore-dir b/tests/ui/bootstrap/self-test/compiletest-ignore-dir
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d