diff --git a/test/unit_tests/chess_compiler_tests/00_itsalive/aie.mlir b/test/unit_tests/chess_compiler_tests/00_itsalive/aie.mlir
index 9b388d7985..ef63e90370 100644
--- a/test/unit_tests/chess_compiler_tests/00_itsalive/aie.mlir
+++ b/test/unit_tests/chess_compiler_tests/00_itsalive/aie.mlir
@@ -9,13 +9,15 @@
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 // REQUIRES: valid_xchess_license
-// REQUIRES: peano
 // RUN: %PYTHON aiecc.py --no-unified --xchesscc    --xbridge %s
 // RUN: %PYTHON aiecc.py --unified    --xchesscc    --xbridge %s
-// RUN: %PYTHON aiecc.py --no-unified --no-xchesscc --xbridge %s
-// RUN: %PYTHON aiecc.py --unified    --no-xchesscc --xbridge %s
-// RUN: %PYTHON aiecc.py --no-unified --xchesscc    --no-xbridge %s
-// RUN: %PYTHON aiecc.py --unified    --xchesscc    --no-xbridge %s
+
+// These cases mix chess and peano, which is not supported.
+// DONTREQUIRES: peano
+// DONTRUN: %PYTHON aiecc.py --no-unified --no-xchesscc --xbridge %s
+// DONTRUN: %PYTHON aiecc.py --unified    --no-xchesscc --xbridge %s
+// DONTRUN: %PYTHON aiecc.py --no-unified --xchesscc    --no-xbridge %s
+// DONTRUN: %PYTHON aiecc.py --unified    --xchesscc    --no-xbridge %s
 
 module @test00_itsalive {
   %tile12 = aie.tile(1, 2)
diff --git a/test/unit_tests/chess_compiler_tests_aie2/00_itsalive/aie.mlir b/test/unit_tests/chess_compiler_tests_aie2/00_itsalive/aie.mlir
index ac78980548..f386f0b383 100644
--- a/test/unit_tests/chess_compiler_tests_aie2/00_itsalive/aie.mlir
+++ b/test/unit_tests/chess_compiler_tests_aie2/00_itsalive/aie.mlir
@@ -9,13 +9,15 @@
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 // REQUIRES: valid_xchess_license
-// REQUIRES: peano
 // RUN: %PYTHON aiecc.py --no-unified --xchesscc    --xbridge %s
 // RUN: %PYTHON aiecc.py --unified    --xchesscc    --xbridge %s
-// RUN: %PYTHON aiecc.py --no-unified --no-xchesscc --xbridge %s
-// RUN: %PYTHON aiecc.py --unified    --no-xchesscc --xbridge %s
-// RUN: %PYTHON aiecc.py --no-unified --xchesscc    --no-xbridge %s
-// RUN: %PYTHON aiecc.py --unified    --xchesscc    --no-xbridge %s
+
+// These cases mix chess and peano, which is not supported.
+// DONTREQUIRES: peano
+// DONTRUN: %PYTHON aiecc.py --no-unified --no-xchesscc --xbridge %s
+// DONTRUN: %PYTHON aiecc.py --unified    --no-xchesscc --xbridge %s
+// DONTRUN: %PYTHON aiecc.py --no-unified --xchesscc    --no-xbridge %s
+// DONTRUN: %PYTHON aiecc.py --unified    --xchesscc    --no-xbridge %s
 
 module @test00_itsalive {
   aie.device(xcve2802) {