--- parrot-svn/t/pmc/os.t	2009-03-16 08:58:21.000000000 -0400
+++ parrot-andy/t/pmc/os.t	2009-03-16 10:58:42.203615829 -0400
@@ -239,8 +239,8 @@
 .end
 CODE
 } else {
-  TODO: {
-    local $TODO = "stat on solaris" if $solaris;
+  SKIP: {
+    skip 'broken test TT #457', 1 if $solaris;
 
     $stat = sprintf("0x%08x\n" x 13, @s);
     pir_output_is( <<'CODE', $stat, 'Test OS.stat' );
@@ -302,7 +302,8 @@
 my $lstat;
 
 SKIP: {
-    skip 'lstat not on Win32, falling on solaris', 1 if $MSWin32 or $solaris;
+    skip 'lstat not on Win32', 1 if $MSWin32;
+    skip 'broken test TT #457', 1 if $solaris;
 
     my @s = lstat('xpto');
     if ($cygwin) {