diff --git a/t/t3401-rebase-partial.sh b/t/t3401-rebase-partial.sh
index 360a67060e1d1fd501fed7729712213360c456b2..8b19d3ccea5a0d5ff697661202347fbdfc6c330a 100755
--- a/t/t3401-rebase-partial.sh
+++ b/t/t3401-rebase-partial.sh
@@ -52,13 +52,10 @@ test_expect_success \
     'rebase topic branch against new master and check git-am did not get halted' \
     'git-rebase master && test ! -d .dotest'
 
-if test -z "$no_python"
-then
-    test_expect_success \
+test_expect_success \
 	'rebase --merge topic branch that was partially merged upstream' \
 	'git-checkout -f my-topic-branch-merge &&
 	 git-rebase --merge master-merge &&
 	 test ! -d .git/.dotest-merge'
-fi
 
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t3402-rebase-merge.sh b/t/t3402-rebase-merge.sh
index d34c6cf6f3143bac81b69f79329d2d893e379c39..0779aaa9aba16f0f8502505b4df5cc49cfe8af82 100755
--- a/t/t3402-rebase-merge.sh
+++ b/t/t3402-rebase-merge.sh
@@ -7,12 +7,6 @@ test_description='git rebase --merge test'
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
-if test "$no_python"; then
-	echo "Skipping: no python => no recursive merge"
-	test_done
-	exit 0
-fi
-
 T="A quick brown fox
 jumps over the lazy dog."
 for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
diff --git a/t/t3403-rebase-skip.sh b/t/t3403-rebase-skip.sh
index bb2531536160bb0a6510cc316d8d74a1da2312e7..977c498f00f2d8e2066bd586130ee84fe1a196a3 100755
--- a/t/t3403-rebase-skip.sh
+++ b/t/t3403-rebase-skip.sh
@@ -10,12 +10,6 @@ test_description='git rebase --merge --skip tests'
 # we assume the default git-am -3 --skip strategy is tested independently
 # and always works :)
 
-if test "$no_python"; then
-	echo "Skipping: no python => no recursive merge"
-	test_done
-	exit 0
-fi
-
 test_expect_success setup '
 	echo hello > hello &&
 	git add hello &&
diff --git a/t/t6021-merge-criss-cross.sh b/t/t6021-merge-criss-cross.sh
index 8f7366da8d53feb95d08fd57c04b96c7bcbb9625..499cafb882b83b780171c8601b9f4c54b294ed43 100755
--- a/t/t6021-merge-criss-cross.sh
+++ b/t/t6021-merge-criss-cross.sh
@@ -10,12 +10,6 @@
 test_description='Test criss-cross merge'
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
-if test "$no_python"; then
-	echo "Skipping: no python => no recursive merge"
-	test_done
-	exit 0
-fi
-
 test_expect_success 'prepare repository' \
 'echo "1
 2
diff --git a/t/t6022-merge-rename.sh b/t/t6022-merge-rename.sh
index 5ac25647abd366f04867a5acec6a987f314c2ace..497ef36ad883e79cd799a4642e0c4414d8550e1c 100755
--- a/t/t6022-merge-rename.sh
+++ b/t/t6022-merge-rename.sh
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@
 test_description='Merge-recursive merging renames'
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
-if test "$no_python"; then
-	echo "Skipping: no python => no recursive merge"
-	test_done
-	exit 0
-fi
-
 test_expect_success setup \
 '
 cat >A <<\EOF &&