diff --git a/tests/ui/crate_level_checks/no_std_main_recursion.rs b/tests/ui/crate_level_checks/no_std_main_recursion.rs
index 25b1417be..be4348e2b 100644
--- a/tests/ui/crate_level_checks/no_std_main_recursion.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/crate_level_checks/no_std_main_recursion.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+// compile-flags: -Clink-arg=-nostartfiles
 // ignore-macos
 // ignore-windows
 
-#![feature(lang_items, link_args, start, libc)]
-#![link_args = "-nostartfiles"]
+#![feature(lang_items, start, libc)]
 #![no_std]
 
 use core::panic::PanicInfo;
diff --git a/tests/ui/empty_loop_no_std.rs b/tests/ui/empty_loop_no_std.rs
index 4553d3ec5..235e0fc51 100644
--- a/tests/ui/empty_loop_no_std.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/empty_loop_no_std.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
+// compile-flags: -Clink-arg=-nostartfiles
 // ignore-macos
 // ignore-windows
 
 #![warn(clippy::empty_loop)]
-#![feature(lang_items, link_args, start, libc)]
-#![link_args = "-nostartfiles"]
+#![feature(lang_items, start, libc)]
 #![no_std]
 
 use core::panic::PanicInfo;