diff --git a/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_change_user_set_names.phpt b/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_change_user_set_names.phpt
index 85c37b8a601..bcf957942f5 100644
--- a/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_change_user_set_names.phpt
+++ b/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_change_user_set_names.phpt
@@ -4,22 +4,7 @@ mysqli_change_user() - SET NAMES
 mysqli
 --SKIPIF--
 <?php
-require_once 'connect.inc';
-
-if (!$link = @my_mysqli_connect($host, $user, $passwd, $db, $port, $socket))
-    die(sprintf("skip Can't connect to MySQL Server - [%d] %s", mysqli_connect_errno(), mysqli_connect_error()));
-
-if (!$res = mysqli_query($link, 'SELECT version() AS server_version'))
-    die(sprintf("skip [%d] %s\n", mysqli_errno($link), mysqli_error($link)));
-
-$tmp = mysqli_fetch_assoc($res);
-mysqli_free_result($res);
-$version = explode('.', $tmp['server_version']);
-if (empty($version))
-    die(sprintf("skip Cannot determine server version, we need MySQL Server 4.1+ for the test!"));
-
-if ($version[0] <= 4 && $version[1] < 1)
-    die(sprintf("skip We need MySQL Server 4.1+ for the test!"));
+require_once 'skipifconnectfailure.inc';
 ?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
diff --git a/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_character_set.phpt b/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_character_set.phpt
index f2723b50155..3c8b90afaf5 100644
--- a/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_character_set.phpt
+++ b/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_character_set.phpt
@@ -16,17 +16,6 @@ require_once 'skipifconnectfailure.inc';
         printf("[001] Cannot connect to the server using host=%s, user=%s, passwd=***, dbname=%s, port=%s, socket=%s\n",
             $host, $user, $db, $port, $socket);
 
-    if (!$res = mysqli_query($link, 'SELECT version() AS server_version'))
-        printf("[002] [%d] %s\n", mysqli_errno($link), mysqli_error($link));
-    $tmp = mysqli_fetch_assoc($res);
-    mysqli_free_result($res);
-    $version = explode('.', $tmp['server_version']);
-    if (empty($version))
-        printf("[003] Cannot determine server version, need MySQL Server 4.1+ for the test!\n");
-
-    if ($version[0] <= 4 && $version[1] < 1)
-        printf("[004] Need MySQL Server 4.1+ for the test!\n");
-
     if (!$res = mysqli_query($link, "SHOW CHARACTER SET"))
         printf("[005] Cannot get list of available character sets, [%d] %s\n",
             mysqli_errno($link), mysqli_error($link));
diff --git a/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_get_charset.phpt b/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_get_charset.phpt
index 80338c76f1e..7718263bc45 100644
--- a/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_get_charset.phpt
+++ b/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_get_charset.phpt
@@ -15,17 +15,6 @@ require_once 'skipifconnectfailure.inc';
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    if (!$res = mysqli_query($link, 'SELECT version() AS server_version'))
-        printf("[004] [%d] %s\n", mysqli_errno($link), mysqli_error($link));
-    $tmp = mysqli_fetch_assoc($res);
-    mysqli_free_result($res);
-    $version = explode('.', $tmp['server_version']);
-    if (empty($version))
-        printf("[005] Cannot determine server version, need MySQL Server 4.1+ for the test!\n");
-
-    if ($version[0] <= 4 && $version[1] < 1)
-        printf("[006] Need MySQL Server 4.1+ for the test!\n");
-
     if (!$res = mysqli_query($link, 'SELECT @@character_set_connection AS charset, @@collation_connection AS collation'))
         printf("[007] [%d] %s\n", mysqli_errno($link), mysqli_error($link));
     $tmp = mysqli_fetch_assoc($res);
diff --git a/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_options.phpt b/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_options.phpt
index d6d6d6b6b77..64e42dc752b 100644
--- a/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_options.phpt
+++ b/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_options.phpt
@@ -29,20 +29,6 @@ if (!$link2 = my_mysqli_connect($host, $user, $passwd, $db, $port, $socket)) {
         $host, $user, $db, $port, $socket);
 }
 
-if (!$res = mysqli_query($link2, 'SELECT version() AS server_version')) {
-    printf("[007] [%d] %s\n", mysqli_errno($link2), mysqli_error($link2));
-}
-$tmp = mysqli_fetch_assoc($res);
-mysqli_free_result($res);
-$version = explode('.', $tmp['server_version']);
-if (empty($version)) {
-    printf("[008] Cannot determine server version, need MySQL Server 4.1+ for the test!\n");
-}
-
-if ($version[0] <= 4 && $version[1] < 1) {
-    printf("[009] Need MySQL Server 4.1+ for the test!\n");
-}
-
 if (!$res = mysqli_query($link2, "SHOW CHARACTER SET")) {
     printf("[010] Cannot get list of available character sets, [%d] %s\n",
         mysqli_errno($link2), mysqli_error($link2));
diff --git a/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_set_charset.phpt b/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_set_charset.phpt
index 4cb7b54297b..4dff9668b53 100644
--- a/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_set_charset.phpt
+++ b/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_set_charset.phpt
@@ -8,25 +8,6 @@ require_once 'connect.inc';
 if (!$link = @my_mysqli_connect($host, $user, $passwd, $db, $port, $socket))
     die(sprintf("skip Can't connect to MySQL Server - [%d] %s", mysqli_connect_errno(), mysqli_connect_error()));
 
-if (!($res = mysqli_query($link, 'SELECT version() AS server_version')) ||
-        !($tmp = mysqli_fetch_assoc($res))) {
-    mysqli_close($link);
-    die(sprintf("skip Cannot check server version, [%d] %s\n",
-    mysqli_errno($link), mysqli_error($link)));
-}
-mysqli_free_result($res);
-$version = explode('.', $tmp['server_version']);
-if (empty($version)) {
-    mysqli_close($link);
-    die(sprintf("skip Cannot check server version, based on '%s'",
-        $tmp['server_version']));
-}
-
-if ($version[0] <= 4 && $version[1] < 1) {
-    mysqli_close($link);
-    die(sprintf("skip Requires MySQL Server 4.1+\n"));
-}
-
 if ((($res = mysqli_query($link, 'SHOW CHARACTER SET LIKE "latin1"', MYSQLI_STORE_RESULT)) &&
         (mysqli_num_rows($res) == 1)) ||
         (($res = mysqli_query($link, 'SHOW CHARACTER SET LIKE "latin2"', MYSQLI_STORE_RESULT)) &&
diff --git a/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_stmt_execute.phpt b/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_stmt_execute.phpt
index 2440b584376..07f9d6e708f 100644
--- a/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_stmt_execute.phpt
+++ b/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_stmt_execute.phpt
@@ -4,13 +4,7 @@ mysqli_stmt_execute()
 mysqli
 --SKIPIF--
 <?php
-require_once 'connect.inc';
-if (!$link = @my_mysqli_connect($host, $user, $passwd, $db, $port, $socket)) {
-    die(sprintf("skip Can't connect to MySQL Server - [%d] %s", mysqli_connect_errno(), mysqli_connect_error()));
-}
-if (mysqli_get_server_version($link) <= 40100) {
-    die(sprintf('skip Needs MySQL 4.1+, found version %d.', mysqli_get_server_version($link)));
-}
+require_once 'skipifconnectfailure.inc';
 ?>
 --FILE--
 <?php