diff --git a/t/01-pptest.t b/t/01-pptest.t
index 9d49311bf..a1c708766 100644
--- a/t/01-pptest.t
+++ b/t/01-pptest.t
@@ -81,13 +81,6 @@ pp_def(
 	 $b() = tmp;'
 );
 
-# test to set named dim with 'OtherPar'
-pp_def('setdim',
-	Pars => '[o] a(n)',
-	OtherPars => 'int ns => n',
-	Code => 'loop(n) %{ $a() = n; %}',
-);
-
 pp_def("gelsd",
         Pars => '[io,phys]A(m,n); [io,phys]B(p,q); [phys]rcond(); [o,phys]s(r); int [o,phys]rank();int [o,phys]info()',
         RedoDimsCode => '$SIZE(r) = PDLMIN($SIZE(m),$SIZE(n));',
@@ -95,20 +88,6 @@ pp_def("gelsd",
         Code => '$CROAK("croaking");'
 );
 
-pp_def('fooseg',
-        Pars => 'a(n);  [o]b(n);',
-        Code => '
-	   loop(n) %{ $b() = $a(); %}
-');
-
-# adapted from PDL::NDBin: if in=null and b is a scalar, was SEGV-ing
-pp_def( '_flatten_into',
-        Pars => "in(m); indx b(m); [o] idx(m)",
-        Code => '
-                loop(m) %{ $idx() = $in(); %}
-        ',
-);
-
 pp_def( 'broadcastloop_continue',
 	 Pars => 'in(); [o] out()',
 	 Code => q[
@@ -156,12 +135,6 @@ pp_add_boot pp_line_numbers(__LINE__, q{
         /* nothing happening here */
 });
 
-# test fixed value for named dim, wrong Code for simplicity
-pp_def('Cpow',
-	Pars => 'a(m=2); b(m=2); [o]c(m=2)',
-	Code => '$c(m => 0) = $a(m => 0) + $b(m => 0);',
-);
-
 # test XS args with OtherPars
 pp_def('gl_arrows',
 	Pars => 'coords(tri=3,n); int indsa(); int indsb();',
@@ -445,10 +418,6 @@ for (byte,short,ushort,long,float,double) {
   is( $y->at, 3000 );
 }
 
-setdim(($x=null),10);
-is( join(',',$x->dims), "10" );
-ok( tapprox($x,sequence(10)) );
-
 {
 my @msg;
 local $SIG{__WARN__} = sub { push @msg, @_ };
@@ -457,19 +426,6 @@ like $@, qr/croaking/, 'right error message';
 is_deeply \@msg, [], 'no warnings' or diag explain \@msg;
 }
 
-# this used to segv under solaris according to Karl
-{
-  my $ny=7;
-  $x = double xvals zeroes (20,$ny);
-  fooseg $x, $y=null;
-  ok( 1 );  # if we get here at all that is alright
-  ok( tapprox($x,$y) )
-    or diag($x, "\n", $y);
-}
-
-eval { _flatten_into(null, 2) };
-ok 1; #was also segfaulting
-
 # test that continues in a broadcastloop work
 {
     my $in = sequence(10);
@@ -484,8 +440,6 @@ ok 1; #was also segfaulting
       or do { diag "got     : $got"; diag "expected: $exp" };
 }
 
-Cpow(sequence(2), 1);
-
 polyfill_pp(zeroes(5,5), ones(2,3), 1);
 eval { polyfill_pp(ones(2,3), 1) };
 like $@, qr/Usage/;
diff --git a/t/core.t b/t/core.t
index 999acf2a2..931b984c1 100644
--- a/t/core.t
+++ b/t/core.t
@@ -135,6 +135,15 @@ is $@, '', 'can "squeeze" an empty';
 eval {empty->copy->make_physical};
 is $@, '', 'can physicalise the copy of an empty';
 
+# capture ancient pptest.t test for Solaris segfault
+ok all(tapprox(norm(pdl 3,4), pdl(0.6,0.8))), 'vector quasi-copy works';
+# pptest for null input
+eval {(my $tmp=null) .= null}; like $@, qr/input.*null/;
+# pptest for OtherPars=>named dim
+ok all(tapprox((5*sequence(5))->maximum_n_ind(3), pdl(4,3,2))), 'named dim';
+# pptest for dim with fixed value
+ok all(tapprox(crossp([1..3],[4..6]), pdl(-3,6,-3))), 'named dim=3';
+
 # test topdl
 
 { package # hide from PAUSE