diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/impure-pred.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/impure-pred.rs
index b9cdfd2edd69..54b9ee8831ce 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/impure-pred.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/impure-pred.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // -*- rust -*-
-// xfail-stage0
 // error-pattern: impure function
 
 fn g() -> () {}
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/missing-return.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/missing-return.rs
index d23a57f15d6c..4c73a4fd4c9b 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/missing-return.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/missing-return.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 // xfail-stage0
-// xfail-stage1
-// xfail-stage2
 // error-pattern: return
 
 fn f() -> int {
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/not-a-pred-2.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/not-a-pred-2.rs
index 3597d679d5ff..99a3616221c3 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/not-a-pred-2.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/not-a-pred-2.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // -*- rust -*-
-// xfail-stage0
 
 // error-pattern: non-predicate
 
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/not-a-pred-3.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/not-a-pred-3.rs
index 59bc16fd0f78..d2145ca9eb83 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/not-a-pred-3.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/not-a-pred-3.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // -*- rust -*-
-// xfail-stage0
 
 // error-pattern: expected the constraint name
 
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/not-a-pred-check.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/not-a-pred-check.rs
index 39996f6aded8..e302fea25480 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/not-a-pred-check.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/not-a-pred-check.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // -*- rust -*-
-// xfail-stage0
 // error-pattern: non-predicate
 
 fn f(int q) -> bool { ret true; }
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/not-pred-args.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/not-pred-args.rs
index 90351bc6b8c0..6e810e5227cb 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/not-pred-args.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/not-pred-args.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // -*- rust -*-
-// xfail-stage0
 
 // error-pattern: Constraint args must be
 
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/pattern-tyvar-2.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/pattern-tyvar-2.rs
index c83739cbef09..e7abfc18c85c 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/pattern-tyvar-2.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/pattern-tyvar-2.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // -*- rust -*-
-// xfail-stage0
 
 use std;
 import std::option;
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/pred-not-bool.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/pred-not-bool.rs
index 8560f59eb140..e4892f2114b2 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/pred-not-bool.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/pred-not-bool.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // -*- rust -*-
-// xfail-stage0
 
 // error-pattern: Non-boolean return type
 
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/box-inside-if.rs b/src/test/run-pass/box-inside-if.rs
index 94e709dccbce..3ec8ce52d8d3 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/box-inside-if.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/box-inside-if.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // -*- rust -*-
-// xfail-stage0
 use std;
 import std::vec;
 
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/box-inside-if2.rs b/src/test/run-pass/box-inside-if2.rs
index cf319c905629..edf2dd849343 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/box-inside-if2.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/box-inside-if2.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // -*- rust -*-
-// xfail-stage0
 use std;
 import std::vec;