diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index 59e027f6ea..194315475b 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ tests/test-vmstate$(EXESUF): tests/test-vmstate.o \
 tests/test-timed-average$(EXESUF): tests/test-timed-average.o $(test-util-obj-y)
 tests/test-base64$(EXESUF): tests/test-base64.o \
 	libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a
-tests/ptimer-test$(EXESUF): tests/ptimer-test.o tests/ptimer-test-stubs.o hw/core/ptimer.o libqemustub.a
+tests/ptimer-test$(EXESUF): tests/ptimer-test.o tests/ptimer-test-stubs.o hw/core/ptimer.o
 
 tests/test-logging$(EXESUF): tests/test-logging.o $(test-util-obj-y)
 
diff --git a/tests/ptimer-test-stubs.c b/tests/ptimer-test-stubs.c
index 8a1b0a336c..ca5cc3b13b 100644
--- a/tests/ptimer-test-stubs.c
+++ b/tests/ptimer-test-stubs.c
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ QEMUTimerListGroup main_loop_tlg;
 
 int64_t ptimer_test_time_ns;
 
+/* Do not artificially limit period - see hw/core/ptimer.c.  */
+int use_icount = 1;
+bool qtest_allowed;
+
 void timer_init_tl(QEMUTimer *ts,
                    QEMUTimerList *timer_list, int scale,
                    QEMUTimerCB *cb, void *opaque)