diff --git a/ansi-tests/ansi-aux.lsp b/ansi-tests/ansi-aux.lsp
index 3bf447cfd586667190b2aca10309ad509e07c0ca..ea303d81d21453e30fe369e15787963c09bdedb8 100644
--- a/ansi-tests/ansi-aux.lsp
+++ b/ansi-tests/ansi-aux.lsp
@@ -1267,8 +1267,8 @@ the condition to go uncaught if it cannot be classified."
 
 (defmacro defstruct* (&body args)
   `(eval-when (load eval compile)
-     (ignore-errors
-       (defstruct ,@args))))
+     (handler-case (eval '(defstruct ,@args))
+		   (serious-condition () nil))))
 
 
 (defun sort-package-list (x)
diff --git a/ansi-tests/gclload2.lsp b/ansi-tests/gclload2.lsp
index ab760ff7d07743cebcf3421f21d189e207da5cb9..79c12e1856d868df956bf355ed2015ee7e783b1e 100644
--- a/ansi-tests/gclload2.lsp
+++ b/ansi-tests/gclload2.lsp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 ;;; Tests of packages
 
-#-ecl (load "packages.lsp")
+(load "packages.lsp")
 
 ;;; Tests of sequences
 (load "load-sequences.lsp")
diff --git a/ansi-tests/load-structures.lsp b/ansi-tests/load-structures.lsp
index d288e99db5e623a7ccb2c9fc3f2213cfee5a696b..826155058093d4efa95d0e40f504be0a31755383 100644
--- a/ansi-tests/load-structures.lsp
+++ b/ansi-tests/load-structures.lsp
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 (load "structure-00.lsp")
 (load "structures-01.lsp")
 (load "structures-02.lsp")
-#-ecl (load "structures-03.lsp")
\ No newline at end of file
+(load "structures-03.lsp")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ansi-tests/packages-00.lsp b/ansi-tests/packages-00.lsp
index 0f951e3c610274a7c465a0f23637a8d704e52a26..355693091bb231873ed4ff731625f28d7cb39c24 100644
--- a/ansi-tests/packages-00.lsp
+++ b/ansi-tests/packages-00.lsp
@@ -5,35 +5,41 @@
 
 (in-package :cl-test)
 (declaim (optimize (safety 3)))
- 
-(defpackage "A"
-  (:use)
-  (:nicknames "Q")
-  (:export "FOO"))
 
-(defpackage "B"
-  (:use "A")
-  (:export "BAR"))
+(ignore-errors
+  (defpackage "A"
+    (:use)
+    (:nicknames "Q")
+    (:export "FOO")))
 
-(defpackage "DS1"
-  (:use)
-  (:intern "C" "D")
-  (:export "A" "B"))
+(ignore-errors
+  (defpackage "B"
+    (:use "A")
+    (:export "BAR")))
 
-(defpackage "DS2"
-  (:use)
-  (:intern "E" "F")
-  (:export "G" "H" "A"))
+(ignore-errors
+  (defpackage "DS1"
+    (:use)
+    (:intern "C" "D")
+    (:export "A" "B")))
 
-(defpackage "DS3"
-  (:shadow "B")
-  (:shadowing-import-from "DS1" "A")
-  (:use "DS1" "DS2")
-  (:export "A" "B" "G" "I" "J" "K")
-  (:intern "L" "M"))
+(ignore-errors
+  (defpackage "DS2"
+    (:use)
+    (:intern "E" "F")
+    (:export "G" "H" "A")))
 
-(defpackage "DS4"
-  (:shadowing-import-from "DS1" "B")
-  (:use "DS1" "DS3")
-  (:intern "X" "Y" "Z")
-  (:import-from "DS2" "F"))
+(ignore-errors
+  (defpackage "DS3"
+    (:shadow "B")
+    (:shadowing-import-from "DS1" "A")
+    (:use "DS1" "DS2")
+    (:export "A" "B" "G" "I" "J" "K")
+    (:intern "L" "M")))
+
+(ignore-errors
+  (defpackage "DS4"
+    (:shadowing-import-from "DS1" "B")
+    (:use "DS1" "DS3")
+    (:intern "X" "Y" "Z")
+    (:import-from "DS2" "F")))
diff --git a/ansi-tests/packages.lsp b/ansi-tests/packages.lsp
index dc6b38ea275308c72a80f9b6d7da1fd5e83be598..bdf8a87cef3e7c1943787afa54e0bb9280a3a5b6 100644
--- a/ansi-tests/packages.lsp
+++ b/ansi-tests/packages.lsp
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@
 (load "packages-14.lsp")
 (load "packages-15.lsp")
 (load "packages-16.lsp")
-(load "packages-17.lsp")
+(ignore-errors (load "packages-17.lsp"))
 (load "packages-18.lsp")
 (load "packages-19.lsp")