diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt b/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt
index 158d5cc8aded5..65ec470c1707b 100644
--- a/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt
+++ b/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt
@@ -15,11 +15,8 @@ run-make/dep-info/Makefile
 run-make/dump-ice-to-disk/Makefile
 run-make/emit-to-stdout/Makefile
 run-make/export-executable-symbols/Makefile
-run-make/extern-diff-internal-name/Makefile
 run-make/extern-flag-disambiguates/Makefile
 run-make/extern-fn-reachable/Makefile
-run-make/extern-multiple-copies/Makefile
-run-make/extern-multiple-copies2/Makefile
 run-make/fmt-write-bloat/Makefile
 run-make/foreign-double-unwind/Makefile
 run-make/foreign-exceptions/Makefile
diff --git a/tests/run-make/extern-diff-internal-name/Makefile b/tests/run-make/extern-diff-internal-name/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 250f82dfac08e..0000000000000
--- a/tests/run-make/extern-diff-internal-name/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# ignore-cross-compile
-include ../tools.mk
-
-all:
-	$(RUSTC) lib.rs
-	$(RUSTC) test.rs --extern foo=$(TMPDIR)/libbar.rlib
diff --git a/tests/run-make/extern-diff-internal-name/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/extern-diff-internal-name/rmake.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1a7f34d65bc2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-make/extern-diff-internal-name/rmake.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// In the following scenario:
+// 1. The crate foo, is referenced multiple times
+// 2. --extern foo=./path/to/libbar.rlib is specified to rustc
+// 3. The internal crate name of libbar.rlib is not foo
+// Compilation fails with the "multiple crate versions" error message.
+// As this was fixed in #17189, this regression test ensures this bug does not
+// make a resurgence.
+// See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/17189
+
+use run_make_support::{rust_lib_name, rustc};
+
+fn main() {
+    rustc().input("lib.rs").run();
+    rustc().input("test.rs").extern_("foo", rust_lib_name("bar")).run();
+}
diff --git a/tests/run-make/extern-multiple-copies/Makefile b/tests/run-make/extern-multiple-copies/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index b0b84278edac3..0000000000000
--- a/tests/run-make/extern-multiple-copies/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# ignore-cross-compile
-include ../tools.mk
-
-all:
-	$(RUSTC) foo1.rs
-	$(RUSTC) foo2.rs
-	mkdir $(TMPDIR)/foo
-	cp $(TMPDIR)/libfoo1.rlib $(TMPDIR)/foo/libfoo1.rlib
-	$(RUSTC) bar.rs --extern foo1=$(TMPDIR)/libfoo1.rlib -L $(TMPDIR)/foo
diff --git a/tests/run-make/extern-multiple-copies/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/extern-multiple-copies/rmake.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8b67e6d9facfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-make/extern-multiple-copies/rmake.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// In this test, the rust library foo1 exists in two different locations, but only one
+// is required by the --extern flag. This test checks that the copy is ignored (as --extern
+// demands fetching only the original instance of foo1) and that no error is emitted, resulting
+// in successful compilation.
+// https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/29961
+
+use run_make_support::{path, rfs, rust_lib_name, rustc};
+
+fn main() {
+    rustc().input("foo1.rs").run();
+    rustc().input("foo2.rs").run();
+    rfs::create_dir("foo");
+    rfs::copy(rust_lib_name("foo1"), path("foo").join(rust_lib_name("foo1")));
+    rustc().input("bar.rs").extern_("foo1", rust_lib_name("foo1")).library_search_path("foo").run();
+}
diff --git a/tests/run-make/extern-multiple-copies2/Makefile b/tests/run-make/extern-multiple-copies2/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 708b1c1b5409f..0000000000000
--- a/tests/run-make/extern-multiple-copies2/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# ignore-cross-compile
-include ../tools.mk
-
-all:
-	$(RUSTC) foo1.rs
-	$(RUSTC) foo2.rs
-	mkdir $(TMPDIR)/foo
-	cp $(TMPDIR)/libfoo1.rlib $(TMPDIR)/foo/libfoo1.rlib
-	$(RUSTC) bar.rs \
-		--extern foo1=$(TMPDIR)/foo/libfoo1.rlib \
-		--extern foo2=$(TMPDIR)/libfoo2.rlib
diff --git a/tests/run-make/extern-multiple-copies2/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/extern-multiple-copies2/rmake.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..59913bfa42bb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-make/extern-multiple-copies2/rmake.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Almost identical to `extern-multiple-copies`, but with a variation in the --extern calls
+// and the addition of #[macro_use] in the rust code files, which used to break --extern
+// until #33625.
+// In this test, the rust library foo1 exists in two different locations, but only one
+// is required by the --extern flag. This test checks that the copy is ignored (as --extern
+// demands fetching only the original instance of foo1) and that no error is emitted, resulting
+// in successful compilation.
+// https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/33762
+
+use run_make_support::{path, rfs, rust_lib_name, rustc};
+
+fn main() {
+    rustc().input("foo1.rs").run();
+    rustc().input("foo2.rs").run();
+    rfs::create_dir("foo");
+    rfs::copy(rust_lib_name("foo1"), path("foo").join(rust_lib_name("foo1")));
+    rustc()
+        .input("bar.rs")
+        .extern_("foo1", path("foo").join(rust_lib_name("foo1")))
+        .extern_("foo2", rust_lib_name("foo2"))
+        .run();
+}