diff --git a/coverage.txt b/coverage.txt
index c040b8b..f71e14a 100644
--- a/coverage.txt
+++ b/coverage.txt
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Variants: essential apt minbase buildd - standard
 Skip-If:
  variant == "standard" and dist == "oldstable" # #864082, #1004557, #1004558
  mode == "fakechroot" and variant in ["-", "standard"] # no extended attributes
- variant == "standard" and hostarch in ["armel", "armhf", "mipsel"] # #1031276
+ variant == "standard" and dist in ["oldstable", "stable"] and hostarch in ["armel", "armhf", "mipsel"] # #1031276
 
 Test: check-for-bit-by-bit-identical-format-output
 Modes: unshare fakechroot
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Variants: essential apt minbase buildd - standard
 Skip-If:
  variant == "standard" and dist == "oldstable" # #864082, #1004557, #1004558
  mode == "fakechroot" and variant in ["-", "standard"] # no extended attributes
- variant == "standard" and hostarch in ["armel", "armhf", "mipsel"] # #1031276
+ variant == "standard" and dist in ["oldstable", "stable"] and hostarch in ["armel", "armhf", "mipsel"] # #1031276
 
 Test: tarfilter-idshift
 Needs-QEMU: true
@@ -273,17 +273,13 @@ Test: debootstrap-no-op-options
 Needs-Root: true
 
 Test: verbose
-Variants: - standard
+Variants: standard
 Skip-If:
- variant == "-" and hostarch not in ["armel", "armhf", "mipsel"] # #1031276
- variant == "standard" and hostarch in ["armel", "armhf", "mipsel"] # #1031276
  variant == "standard" and dist == "oldstable" # #864082, #1004557, #1004558
 
 Test: debug
-Variants: - standard
+Variants: standard
 Skip-If:
- variant == "-" and hostarch not in ["armel", "armhf", "mipsel"] # #1031276
- variant == "standard" and hostarch in ["armel", "armhf", "mipsel"] # #1031276
  variant == "standard" and dist == "oldstable" # #864082, #1004557, #1004558
 
 Test: quiet
diff --git a/tests/debug b/tests/debug
index 5612115..bce3fd2 100644
--- a/tests/debug
+++ b/tests/debug
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ trap "rm -f /tmp/debian-chroot.tar" EXIT INT TERM
 
 # we use variant standard in verbose mode to see the maximum number of packages
 # that was chosen in case of USE_HOST_APT_CONFIG=yes
-# we use variant important on arches where variant standard is not bit-by-bit
-# reproducible due to #1031276
-case {{ VARIANT }} in standard|-) : ;; *) exit 1;; esac
+case {{ VARIANT }} in standard) : ;; *) exit 1;; esac
 
 {{ CMD }} --variant={{ VARIANT }} --debug {{ DIST }} /tmp/debian-chroot.tar {{ MIRROR }}
 
diff --git a/tests/verbose b/tests/verbose
index b0b0fb9..5a36310 100644
--- a/tests/verbose
+++ b/tests/verbose
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ trap "rm -f /tmp/debian-chroot.tar" EXIT INT TERM
 
 # we use variant standard in verbose mode to see the maximum number of packages
 # that was chosen in case of USE_HOST_APT_CONFIG=yes
-# we use variant important on arches where variant standard is not bit-by-bit
-# reproducible due to #1031276
-case {{ VARIANT }} in standard|-) : ;; *) exit 1;; esac
+case {{ VARIANT }} in standard) : ;; *) exit 1;; esac
 
 {{ CMD }} --variant={{ VARIANT }} --verbose {{ DIST }} /tmp/debian-chroot.tar {{ MIRROR }}