diff --git a/tests/misc/garbage.cpp b/tests/misc/garbage.cpp
index f2be8cf10a..e1a3b47cee 100644
--- a/tests/misc/garbage.cpp
+++ b/tests/misc/garbage.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include "wx/filename.h"
 #include "wx/image.h"
+#include "wx/icon.h"
 #include "wx/animate.h"
 #include "wx/mstream.h"
 #include "wx/dynlib.h"
@@ -161,7 +162,9 @@ void GarbageTestCase::DoLoadFile(const wxString& fullname)
     delete htmlwin;
 */
     // test wxXmlResource
+#if wxUSE_XRC
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT( wxXmlResource::Get()->Load(fullname) == false );
+#endif
 }
 
 void GarbageTestCase::DoLoadStream(wxInputStream& stream)
diff --git a/tests/xml/xrctest.cpp b/tests/xml/xrctest.cpp
index ef98caa76b..a8e72084eb 100644
--- a/tests/xml/xrctest.cpp
+++ b/tests/xml/xrctest.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
     #include "wx/wx.h"
 #endif // WX_PRECOMP
 
+#if wxUSE_XRC
+
 #include "wx/xml/xml.h"
 #include "wx/sstream.h"
 #include "wx/wfstream.h"
@@ -226,3 +228,5 @@ void XrcTestCase::IDRanges()
         CPPUNIT_ASSERT( wxXmlResource::Get()->Unload(TEST_XRC_FILE) );
     }
 }
+
+#endif // wxUSE_XRC