diff --git a/test/parallel/test-icu-punycode.js b/test/parallel/test-icu-punycode.js
index d9b36e7df78882..62508bc9f78f49 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-icu-punycode.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-icu-punycode.js
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 'use strict';
-
 const common = require('../common');
+
+if (!common.hasIntl) {
+  common.skip('missing Intl');
+  return;
+}
+
 const icu = getPunycode();
 const assert = require('assert');
 
@@ -12,11 +17,6 @@ function getPunycode() {
   }
 }
 
-if (!icu) {
-  common.skip('icu punycode tests because ICU is not present.');
-  return;
-}
-
 // Credit for list: http://www.i18nguy.com/markup/idna-examples.html
 const tests = [
   'افغانستا.icom.museum',
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-icu-stringwidth.js b/test/parallel/test-icu-stringwidth.js
index 5b66f00c32840c..80e798b13af154 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-icu-stringwidth.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-icu-stringwidth.js
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 // Flags: --expose_internals
 'use strict';
-
 const common = require('../common');
-const assert = require('assert');
-const readline = require('internal/readline');
 
-if (!process.binding('config').hasIntl) {
-  common.skip('missing intl... skipping test');
+if (!common.hasIntl) {
+  common.skip('missing Intl');
   return;
 }
 
+const assert = require('assert');
+const readline = require('internal/readline');
+
 // Test column width
 assert.strictEqual(readline.getStringWidth('a'), 1);
 assert.strictEqual(readline.getStringWidth('丁'), 2);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-icu-transcode.js b/test/parallel/test-icu-transcode.js
index 43cc90e1c13418..7bc10e7c5d7827 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-icu-transcode.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-icu-transcode.js
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const common = require('../common');
-const buffer = require('buffer');
-const assert = require('assert');
 
 if (!common.hasIntl) {
-  common.skip('icu punycode tests because ICU is not present.');
+  common.skip('missing Intl');
   return;
 }
 
+const buffer = require('buffer');
+const assert = require('assert');
 const orig = Buffer.from('tést €', 'utf8');
 
 // Test Transcoding
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-intl-v8BreakIterator.js b/test/parallel/test-intl-v8BreakIterator.js
index 4af3452b576f84..70f0f782bbc7e7 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-intl-v8BreakIterator.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-intl-v8BreakIterator.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 'use strict';
 const common = require('../common');
-const assert = require('assert');
 
 if (!common.hasIntl || Intl.v8BreakIterator === undefined) {
-  return common.skip('no Intl');
+  return common.skip('missing Intl');
 }
 
+const assert = require('assert');
 const warning = 'Intl.v8BreakIterator is deprecated and will be removed soon.';
 common.expectWarning('DeprecationWarning', warning);
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-parsing.js b/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-parsing.js
index c83d30da414571..9ea6cc74bff5e6 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-parsing.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-parsing.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const common = require('../common');
 
 if (!common.hasIntl) {
   // A handful of the tests fail when ICU is not included.
-  common.skip('missing Intl... skipping test');
+  common.skip('missing Intl');
   return;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-setters.js b/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-setters.js
index e5f591b6cc7404..8cd9fc51d52ae8 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-setters.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-setters.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const common = require('../common');
 
 if (!common.hasIntl) {
   // A handful of the tests fail when ICU is not included.
-  common.skip('missing Intl... skipping test');
+  common.skip('missing Intl');
   return;
 }