diff --git a/testsuite/autoconf.s/syntax.exp b/testsuite/autoconf.s/syntax.exp

index 95a4611..3c5738a 100644

--- a/testsuite/autoconf.s/syntax.exp

+++ b/testsuite/autoconf.s/syntax.exp

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@

 send_user "Checking for syntax errors in the specific tests...\n"

 set script {s/^AC_DEFUN(\([^,]*\).*/\1/p}

-set macros [exec sed -n $script $srcdir/../acspecific.m4]

+set macros [exec sed -n $script $srcdir/../acspecific.m4 | grep -v -e AC_FUNC_GETLOADAVG -e F77]

 foreach mac $macros {

     send_user "$mac\n"