diff --git a/tests/arch/ecp5/macc.ys b/tests/arch/ecp5/macc.ys
index 1863ea4d2..8da8d2f8e 100644
--- a/tests/arch/ecp5/macc.ys
+++ b/tests/arch/ecp5/macc.ys
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ hierarchy -top top
 proc
 # Blocked by issue #1358 (Missing ECP5 simulation models)
 #equiv_opt -assert -map +/ecp5/cells_sim.v synth_ecp5 # equivalency check
-equiv_opt -map +/ecp5/cells_sim.v synth_ecp5 # equivalency check
-design -load postopt # load the post-opt design (otherwise equiv_opt loads the pre-opt design)
+synth_ecp5
+#design -load postopt # load the post-opt design (otherwise equiv_opt loads the pre-opt design)
 cd top # Constrain all select calls below inside the top module
 select -assert-count 1 t:MULT18X18D
 select -assert-count 4 t:CCU2C
diff --git a/tests/arch/ecp5/mul.ys b/tests/arch/ecp5/mul.ys
index 2105be52c..f887e9585 100644
--- a/tests/arch/ecp5/mul.ys
+++ b/tests/arch/ecp5/mul.ys
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ hierarchy -top top
 proc
 # Blocked by issue #1358 (Missing ECP5 simulation models)
 #equiv_opt -assert -map +/ecp5/cells_sim.v synth_ecp5 # equivalency check
-equiv_opt -map +/ecp5/cells_sim.v synth_ecp5 # equivalency check
+synth_ecp5
 
-design -load postopt # load the post-opt design (otherwise equiv_opt loads the pre-opt design)
+#design -load postopt # load the post-opt design (otherwise equiv_opt loads the pre-opt design)
 cd top # Constrain all select calls below inside the top module
 select -assert-count 1 t:MULT18X18D
 select -assert-none t:MULT18X18D %% t:* %D