diff --git a/basis/io/files/links/links-tests.factor b/basis/io/files/links/unix/unix-tests.factor
similarity index 96%
rename from basis/io/files/links/links-tests.factor
rename to basis/io/files/links/unix/unix-tests.factor
index bc03e42f92..b1d2c5b8fa 100644
--- a/basis/io/files/links/links-tests.factor
+++ b/basis/io/files/links/unix/unix-tests.factor
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 USING: io.directories io.files.links tools.test sequences
 io.files.unique tools.files fry math kernel math.parser
 io.pathnames namespaces ;
-IN: io.files.links.tests
+IN: io.files.links.unix.tests
 
 : make-test-links ( n path -- )
     [ '[ [ 1+ ] keep [ number>string _ prepend ] bi@ make-link ] each ]
diff --git a/core/kernel/kernel-tests.factor b/core/kernel/kernel-tests.factor
index 0702f4931f..eae225e543 100644
--- a/core/kernel/kernel-tests.factor
+++ b/core/kernel/kernel-tests.factor
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 USING: arrays byte-arrays kernel kernel.private math memory
 namespaces sequences tools.test math.private quotations
 continuations prettyprint io.streams.string debugger assocs
-sequences.private accessors ;
+sequences.private accessors locals.backend ;
 IN: kernel.tests
 
 [ 0 ] [ f size ] unit-test
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ IN: kernel.tests
 
 [ ] [ [ :c ] with-string-writer drop ] unit-test
 
-: overflow-r 3 [ overflow-r ] dip ;
+: overflow-r 3 load-local overflow-r ;
 
 [ overflow-r ] [ { "kernel-error" 14 f f } = ] must-fail-with