diff --git a/test/cholmod.jl b/test/cholmod.jl
index e025119a..108b0ff8 100644
--- a/test/cholmod.jl
+++ b/test/cholmod.jl
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 # This file is a part of Julia. License is MIT: https://julialang.org/license
 
 module CHOLMODTests
-
 using Test
+
+@static if !Base.USE_GPL_LIBS
+    @info "This Julia build excludes the use of SuiteSparse GPL libraries. Skipping CHOLMOD tests"
+else
+
 using SparseArrays.CHOLMOD
 using SparseArrays.CHOLMOD: getcommon
 using Random
@@ -16,8 +20,6 @@ using SparseArrays: getcolptr
 using SparseArrays.LibSuiteSparse
 using SparseArrays.LibSuiteSparse: cholmod_l_allocate_sparse, cholmod_allocate_sparse
 
-if Base.USE_GPL_LIBS
-
 # CHOLMOD tests
 itypes = sizeof(Int) == 4 ? (Int32,) : (Int32, Int64)
 for Ti ∈ itypes, Tv ∈ (Float32, Float64)
diff --git a/test/linalg_solvers.jl b/test/linalg_solvers.jl
index f8a758c7..b59659b4 100644
--- a/test/linalg_solvers.jl
+++ b/test/linalg_solvers.jl
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 # This file is a part of Julia. License is MIT: https://julialang.org/license
 
 module SparseLinalgSolversTests
-
 using Test
+
+@static if !Base.USE_GPL_LIBS
+    @info "This Julia build excludes the use of SuiteSparse GPL libraries. Skipping SparseLinalgSolvers Tests"
+else
+
 using SparseArrays
 using Random
 using LinearAlgebra
 
-if Base.USE_GPL_LIBS
-
 @testset "explicit zeros" begin
     a = SparseMatrixCSC(2, 2, [1, 3, 5], [1, 2, 1, 2], [1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0])
     @test lu(a)\[2.0, 3.0] ≈ [2.0, 3.0]
diff --git a/test/spqr.jl b/test/spqr.jl
index 121d47d7..122741ce 100644
--- a/test/spqr.jl
+++ b/test/spqr.jl
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 # This file is a part of Julia. License is MIT: https://julialang.org/license
 
 module SPQRTests
-
 using Test
+
+@static if !Base.USE_GPL_LIBS
+    @info "This Julia build excludes the use of SuiteSparse GPL libraries. Skipping SPQR Tests"
+else
+
 using SparseArrays.SPQR
 using SparseArrays.CHOLMOD
 using LinearAlgebra: I, istriu, norm, qr, rank, rmul!, lmul!, Adjoint, Transpose, ColumnNorm, RowMaximum, NoPivot
 using SparseArrays: SparseArrays, sparse, sprandn, spzeros, SparseMatrixCSC
 using Random: seed!
 
-# TODO REMOVE SECOND PREDICATE WITH SS7.1
-if Base.USE_GPL_LIBS
+
 @testset "Sparse QR" begin
 m, n = 100, 10
 nn = 100
diff --git a/test/umfpack.jl b/test/umfpack.jl
index 66bd98d2..a00c4aca 100644
--- a/test/umfpack.jl
+++ b/test/umfpack.jl
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 # This file is a part of Julia. License is MIT: https://julialang.org/license
 
 module UMFPACKTests
-
 using Test
+
+@static if !Base.USE_GPL_LIBS
+    @info "This Julia build excludes the use of SuiteSparse GPL libraries. Skipping UMFPACK Tests"
+else
+
 using Random
 using SparseArrays
 using Serialization
 using LinearAlgebra:
     LinearAlgebra, I, det, issuccess, ldiv!, lu, lu!, Transpose, SingularException, Diagonal, logabsdet
 using SparseArrays: nnz, sparse, sprand, sprandn, SparseMatrixCSC, UMFPACK, increment!
-if Base.USE_GPL_LIBS
+
 function umfpack_report(l::UMFPACK.UmfpackLU)
     UMFPACK.umfpack_report_numeric(l, 0)
     UMFPACK.umfpack_report_symbolic(l, 0)