diff --git a/test/compiler/6894807/Test6894807.sh b/test/compiler/6894807/Test6894807.sh
index 2b11733dc9c8037ba66a6feb949113eb820fdda6..20fee43ea69846b3d64ff5bc242a49cb732e80a4 100644
--- a/test/compiler/6894807/Test6894807.sh
+++ b/test/compiler/6894807/Test6894807.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ fi
 # set platform-dependent variables
 OS=`uname -s`
 case "$OS" in
-  SunOS | Linux )
+  SunOS | Linux | Darwin )
     NULL=/dev/null
     PS=":"
     FS="/"
diff --git a/test/gc/6941923/test6941923.sh b/test/gc/6941923/test6941923.sh
index 8e108b795675247d90aef27e78ca4999c5174b42..e66419635686bec75561109bbff6d51f0bc1d0de 100644
--- a/test/gc/6941923/test6941923.sh
+++ b/test/gc/6941923/test6941923.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 ## skip on windows
 OS=`uname -s`
 case "$OS" in
-  SunOS | Linux )
+  SunOS | Linux | Darwin )
     NULL=/dev/null
     PS=":"
     FS="/"
diff --git a/test/runtime/6626217/Test6626217.sh b/test/runtime/6626217/Test6626217.sh
index 96217b5163ba711891b03b8a2564a0cbe83bfa7b..e7414983b9c6b43f7c5b3e139f12fb296ffb0754 100644
--- a/test/runtime/6626217/Test6626217.sh
+++ b/test/runtime/6626217/Test6626217.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ fi
 # set platform-dependent variables
 OS=`uname -s`
 case "$OS" in
-  SunOS | Linux )
+  SunOS | Linux | Darwin )
     NULL=/dev/null
     PS=":"
     FS="/"
diff --git a/test/runtime/6878713/Test6878713.sh b/test/runtime/6878713/Test6878713.sh
index eb2064de233097fc52322849cc91816d92052f63..73d91fc0c32a2ab6dabf33eaa982aa637d49bd7c 100644
--- a/test/runtime/6878713/Test6878713.sh
+++ b/test/runtime/6878713/Test6878713.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ fi
 # set platform-dependent variables
 OS=`uname -s`
 case "$OS" in
-  SunOS | Linux )
+  SunOS | Linux | Darwin )
     NULL=/dev/null
     PS=":"
     FS="/"
diff --git a/test/runtime/6929067/Test6929067.sh b/test/runtime/6929067/Test6929067.sh
index 3e624d04eb7c9eec6893423b0b1ea754a72896dd..c08aa6b8f0969c6f595d24f0ceaa75fdbaa18ea5 100644
--- a/test/runtime/6929067/Test6929067.sh
+++ b/test/runtime/6929067/Test6929067.sh
@@ -27,17 +27,10 @@ case "$OS" in
     PS=":"
     FS="/"
     ;;
-  SunOS | Windows_* | *BSD)
-    NULL=NUL
-    PS=";"
-    FS="\\"
+  * )
     echo "Test passed; only valid for Linux"
     exit 0;
     ;;
-  * )
-    echo "Unrecognized system!"
-    exit 1;
-    ;;
 esac
 
 # Choose arch: i386 or amd64 (test is Linux-specific)
diff --git a/test/runtime/7051189/Xchecksig.sh b/test/runtime/7051189/Xchecksig.sh
index 0bf3fe9f21c42357157f86bd2ea863f8067fcbaa..b4fbbd7d7c8ba08978eda32dfe66f3e756ef883e 100644
--- a/test/runtime/7051189/Xchecksig.sh
+++ b/test/runtime/7051189/Xchecksig.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ fi
 
 OS=`uname -s`
 case "$OS" in
-  SunOS | Linux )
+  SunOS | Linux | Darwin )
     FS="/"
     ;;
   Windows_* )
diff --git a/test/runtime/7110720/Test7110720.sh b/test/runtime/7110720/Test7110720.sh
index c90c054fe4b3d167281cbd8c2aac3099bff6e6f7..ef13888ee572f4ca0e32cccc8fcd8c713568118b 100644
--- a/test/runtime/7110720/Test7110720.sh
+++ b/test/runtime/7110720/Test7110720.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ fi
 # set platform-dependent variables
 OS=`uname -s`
 case "$OS" in
-  SunOS | Linux )
+  SunOS | Linux | Darwin )
     FS="/"
     RM=/bin/rm
     CP=/bin/cp
diff --git a/test/runtime/7158800/Test7158800.sh b/test/runtime/7158800/Test7158800.sh
index 2a502346a0bb5c4e8c70b90fa7bbfd8b095aa35a..781922a3c5bd0a0333c5bea82461cc81460b0738 100644
--- a/test/runtime/7158800/Test7158800.sh
+++ b/test/runtime/7158800/Test7158800.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ fi
 # set platform-dependent variables
 OS=`uname -s`
 case "$OS" in
-  SunOS | Linux )
+  SunOS | Linux | Darwin )
     NULL=/dev/null
     PS=":"
     FS="/"
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@ CLASSPATH=.${PS}${TESTCLASSES}${PS}${JEMMYPATH} ; export CLASSPATH
 
 THIS_DIR=`pwd`
 
-${TESTJAVA}${FS}bin${FS}java -fullversion
+${TESTJAVA}${FS}bin${FS}java ${TESTVMOPTS} -fullversion
 
 ${TESTJAVA}${FS}bin${FS}javac -d . ${TESTSRC}${FS}InternTest.java
 
 cp ${TESTSRC}${FS}badstrings.txt .
 
-${TESTJAVA}${FS}bin${FS}java -XX:+PrintStringTableStatistics -XX:+TraceSafepointCleanupTime InternTest bad > test.out 2>&1 &
+${TESTJAVA}${FS}bin${FS}java ${TESTVMOPTS} -XX:+PrintStringTableStatistics -XX:+TraceSafepointCleanupTime InternTest bad > test.out 2>&1 &
 C_PID=$!
 
 sleep 60
diff --git a/test/runtime/7158988/TestFieldMonitor.sh b/test/runtime/7158988/TestFieldMonitor.sh
index c9268f862e37417461fa3e606b61d016d877f4b1..cf7fcf39319ac1a8de960ba433368d3615a6756e 100644
--- a/test/runtime/7158988/TestFieldMonitor.sh
+++ b/test/runtime/7158988/TestFieldMonitor.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ fi
 # set platform-dependent variables
 OS=`uname -s`
 case "$OS" in
-  SunOS | Linux )
+  SunOS | Linux | Darwin)
     NULL=/dev/null
     PS=":"
     FS="/"
@@ -52,30 +52,7 @@ ${TESTJAVA}${FS}bin${FS}java ${TESTVMOPTS} -fullversion
 
 ${TESTJAVA}${FS}bin${FS}javac -classpath .${PS}$TESTJAVA${FS}lib${FS}tools.jar *.java
 
-${TESTJAVA}${FS}bin${FS}java ${TESTVMOPTS} -classpath .${PS}$TESTJAVA${FS}lib${FS}tools.jar FieldMonitor > test.out 2>&1 &
-
-P_PID=$!
-
-sleep 60
-STATUS=0
-
-case "$OS" in
-    SunOS | Linux )
-        ps -ef | grep $P_PID | grep -v grep > ${NULL}
-        if [ $? = 0 ]; then
-            kill -9 $P_PID
-            STATUS=1
-        fi
-        ;;
-      * )
-        ps | grep -i "FieldMonitor" | grep -v grep > ${NULL}
-        if [ $? = 0 ]; then
-            C_PID=`ps | grep -i "FieldMonitor" | awk '{print $1}'`
-            kill -s 9 $C_PID
-            STATUS=1
-        fi
-        ;;
-esac
+${TESTJAVA}${FS}bin${FS}java ${TESTVMOPTS} -classpath .${PS}$TESTJAVA${FS}lib${FS}tools.jar FieldMonitor > test.out
 
 grep "A fatal error has been detected" test.out > ${NULL}
 if [ $? = 0 ]; then