diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/patches/0022-sysroot-Disable-not-compiling-tests.patch b/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/patches/0022-sysroot-Disable-not-compiling-tests.patch
index 108a97bd7c600..8d9ee3f25c49d 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/patches/0022-sysroot-Disable-not-compiling-tests.patch
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/patches/0022-sysroot-Disable-not-compiling-tests.patch
@@ -30,25 +30,5 @@ index 0000000..46fd999
 +
 +[dependencies]
 +rand = "0.7"
-diff --git a/library/core/tests/ptr.rs b/library/core/tests/ptr.rs
-index 1a6be3a..42dbd59 100644
---- a/library/core/tests/ptr.rs
-+++ b/library/core/tests/ptr.rs
-@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ fn test_unsized_nonnull() {
-     };
- }
- 
-+/*
- #[test]
- #[allow(warnings)]
- // Have a symbol for the test below. It doesn’t need to be an actual variadic function, match the
-@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ pub fn test_variadic_fnptr() {
-     let mut s = SipHasher::new();
-     assert_eq!(p.hash(&mut s), q.hash(&mut s));
- }
-+*/
- 
- #[test]
- fn write_unaligned_drop() {
 --
 2.21.0 (Apple Git-122)
diff --git a/library/core/tests/lib.rs b/library/core/tests/lib.rs
index dc3740228274b..5c861236e86f1 100644
--- a/library/core/tests/lib.rs
+++ b/library/core/tests/lib.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #![feature(const_ptr_offset)]
 #![feature(const_trait_impl)]
 #![feature(const_likely)]
+#![feature(core_ffi_c)]
 #![feature(core_intrinsics)]
 #![feature(core_private_bignum)]
 #![feature(core_private_diy_float)]
diff --git a/library/core/tests/ptr.rs b/library/core/tests/ptr.rs
index af8e78f1f4e16..84d3ae03ef4a1 100644
--- a/library/core/tests/ptr.rs
+++ b/library/core/tests/ptr.rs
@@ -289,16 +289,18 @@ fn test_const_nonnull_new() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[allow(warnings)]
-// Have a symbol for the test below. It doesn’t need to be an actual variadic function, match the
-// ABI, or even point to an actual executable code, because the function itself is never invoked.
-#[no_mangle]
+#[cfg(any(unix, windows))] // printf may not be available on other platforms
+#[allow(deprecated)] // For SipHasher
 pub fn test_variadic_fnptr() {
+    use core::ffi;
     use core::hash::{Hash, SipHasher};
     extern "C" {
-        fn test_variadic_fnptr(_: u64, ...) -> f64;
+        // This needs to use the correct function signature even though it isn't called as some
+        // codegen backends make it UB to declare a function with multiple conflicting signatures
+        // (like LLVM) while others straight up return an error (like Cranelift).
+        fn printf(_: *const ffi::c_char, ...) -> ffi::c_int;
     }
-    let p: unsafe extern "C" fn(u64, ...) -> f64 = test_variadic_fnptr;
+    let p: unsafe extern "C" fn(*const ffi::c_char, ...) -> ffi::c_int = printf;
     let q = p.clone();
     assert_eq!(p, q);
     assert!(!(p < q));