diff --git a/src/tools/run-make-support/src/rustc.rs b/src/tools/run-make-support/src/rustc.rs
index 289d847a572..a377dad99d6 100644
--- a/src/tools/run-make-support/src/rustc.rs
+++ b/src/tools/run-make-support/src/rustc.rs
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ pub fn opt_level(&mut self, option: &str) -> &mut Self {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Incorporate a hashed string to mangled symbols.
+    pub fn metadata(&mut self, meta: &str) -> &mut Self {
+        self.cmd.arg(format!("-Cmetadata={meta}"));
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Add a suffix in each output filename.
     pub fn extra_filename(&mut self, suffix: &str) -> &mut Self {
         self.cmd.arg(format!("-Cextra-filename={suffix}"));
diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt b/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt
index a058c6ee97e..0e00efdc36e 100644
--- a/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt
+++ b/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ run-make/cross-lang-lto-pgo-smoketest/Makefile
 run-make/cross-lang-lto-upstream-rlibs/Makefile
 run-make/cross-lang-lto/Makefile
 run-make/debug-assertions/Makefile
-run-make/debugger-visualizer-dep-info/Makefile
 run-make/dep-info-doesnt-run-much/Makefile
 run-make/dep-info-spaces/Makefile
 run-make/dep-info/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ run-make/export-executable-symbols/Makefile
 run-make/extern-diff-internal-name/Makefile
 run-make/extern-flag-disambiguates/Makefile
 run-make/extern-flag-pathless/Makefile
-run-make/extern-flag-rename-transitive/Makefile
 run-make/extern-fn-explicit-align/Makefile
 run-make/extern-fn-generic/Makefile
 run-make/extern-fn-mangle/Makefile
@@ -48,10 +46,8 @@ run-make/extern-fn-with-packed-struct/Makefile
 run-make/extern-fn-with-union/Makefile
 run-make/extern-multiple-copies/Makefile
 run-make/extern-multiple-copies2/Makefile
-run-make/extern-overrides-distribution/Makefile
 run-make/extra-filename-with-temp-outputs/Makefile
 run-make/fmt-write-bloat/Makefile
-run-make/forced-unwind-terminate-pof/Makefile
 run-make/foreign-double-unwind/Makefile
 run-make/foreign-exceptions/Makefile
 run-make/foreign-rust-exceptions/Makefile
@@ -113,7 +109,6 @@ run-make/macos-fat-archive/Makefile
 run-make/manual-link/Makefile
 run-make/many-crates-but-no-match/Makefile
 run-make/metadata-dep-info/Makefile
-run-make/metadata-flag-frobs-symbols/Makefile
 run-make/min-global-align/Makefile
 run-make/mingw-export-call-convention/Makefile
 run-make/mismatching-target-triples/Makefile
diff --git a/tests/run-make/debugger-visualizer-dep-info/Makefile b/tests/run-make/debugger-visualizer-dep-info/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 0877998a74f..00000000000
--- a/tests/run-make/debugger-visualizer-dep-info/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-include ../tools.mk
-
-# This test makes sure that files referenced via #[debugger_visualizer] are
-# included in `--emit dep-info` output.
-
-all:
-	$(RUSTC) --emit dep-info main.rs
-	$(CGREP) "foo.py" < $(TMPDIR)/main.d
-	$(CGREP) "my_visualizers/bar.natvis" < $(TMPDIR)/main.d
diff --git a/tests/run-make/debugger-visualizer-dep-info/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/debugger-visualizer-dep-info/rmake.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..65ffb2373e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-make/debugger-visualizer-dep-info/rmake.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// This test checks that files referenced via #[debugger_visualizer] are
+// included in `--emit dep-info` output.
+// See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/111641
+
+use run_make_support::{invalid_utf8_contains, rustc};
+
+fn main() {
+    rustc().emit("dep-info").input("main.rs").run();
+    invalid_utf8_contains("main.d", "foo.py");
+    invalid_utf8_contains("main.d", "my_visualizers/bar.natvis");
+}
diff --git a/tests/run-make/extern-flag-rename-transitive/Makefile b/tests/run-make/extern-flag-rename-transitive/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index d16a8e20868..00000000000
--- a/tests/run-make/extern-flag-rename-transitive/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-include ../tools.mk
-
-all:
-	$(RUSTC) foo.rs
-	$(RUSTC) bar.rs
-	$(RUSTC) baz.rs --extern a=$(TMPDIR)/libfoo.rlib
-
diff --git a/tests/run-make/extern-flag-rename-transitive/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/extern-flag-rename-transitive/rmake.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0090d487f03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-make/extern-flag-rename-transitive/rmake.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// In this test, baz.rs is looking for an extern crate "a" which
+// does not exist, and can only run through the --extern rustc flag
+// defining that the "a" crate is in fact just "foo". This test
+// checks that the --extern flag takes precedence over the extern
+// crate statement in the code.
+// See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/52723
+
+use run_make_support::{rust_lib_name, rustc};
+
+fn main() {
+    rustc().input("foo.rs").run();
+    rustc().input("bar.rs").run();
+    rustc().input("baz.rs").extern_("a", rust_lib_name("foo")).run();
+}
diff --git a/tests/run-make/extern-overrides-distribution/Makefile b/tests/run-make/extern-overrides-distribution/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index bfd0dd6991b..00000000000
--- a/tests/run-make/extern-overrides-distribution/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# ignore-cross-compile
-include ../tools.mk
-
-all:
-	$(RUSTC) libc.rs -Cmetadata=foo
-	$(RUSTC) main.rs --extern libc=$(TMPDIR)/liblibc.rlib
diff --git a/tests/run-make/extern-overrides-distribution/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/extern-overrides-distribution/rmake.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd2553d4134
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-make/extern-overrides-distribution/rmake.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// The --extern flag should override any "crate_type" declarations in the
+// Rust files themselves. In this test, libc is compiled as "lib", but
+// main.rs will only run with an rlib, which checks if the --extern flag
+// is successfully overriding the default behaviour.
+// See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/21782
+
+//@ ignore-cross-compile
+
+use run_make_support::{rust_lib_name, rustc};
+
+fn main() {
+    rustc().input("libc.rs").metadata("foo").run();
+    rustc().input("main.rs").extern_("libc", rust_lib_name("libc")).run();
+}
diff --git a/tests/run-make/forced-unwind-terminate-pof/Makefile b/tests/run-make/forced-unwind-terminate-pof/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 871621520b9..00000000000
--- a/tests/run-make/forced-unwind-terminate-pof/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# ignore-cross-compile
-# only-linux
-include ../tools.mk
-
-all: foo
-	$(call RUN,foo) | $(CGREP) -v "cannot unwind"
-
-foo: foo.rs
-	$(RUSTC) $<
diff --git a/tests/run-make/forced-unwind-terminate-pof/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/forced-unwind-terminate-pof/rmake.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..320ddb172b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-make/forced-unwind-terminate-pof/rmake.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// During a forced unwind, crossing the non-Plain Old Frame
+// would define the forced unwind as undefined behaviour, and
+// immediately abort the unwinding process. This test checks
+// that the forced unwinding takes precedence.
+// See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/101469
+
+//@ ignore-cross-compile
+//@ ignore-windows
+//Reason: pthread (POSIX threads) is not available on Windows
+
+use run_make_support::{run, rustc};
+
+fn main() {
+    rustc().input("foo.rs").run();
+    run("foo").assert_stdout_not_contains("cannot unwind");
+}
diff --git a/tests/run-make/metadata-flag-frobs-symbols/Makefile b/tests/run-make/metadata-flag-frobs-symbols/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 53d7d065769..00000000000
--- a/tests/run-make/metadata-flag-frobs-symbols/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# ignore-cross-compile
-include ../tools.mk
-
-all:
-	$(RUSTC) foo.rs -C metadata=a -C extra-filename=-a
-	$(RUSTC) foo.rs -C metadata=b -C extra-filename=-b
-	$(RUSTC) bar.rs \
-		--extern foo1=$(TMPDIR)/libfoo-a.rlib \
-		--extern foo2=$(TMPDIR)/libfoo-b.rlib \
-		--print link-args
-	$(call RUN,bar)
diff --git a/tests/run-make/metadata-flag-frobs-symbols/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/metadata-flag-frobs-symbols/rmake.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..938886957fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-make/metadata-flag-frobs-symbols/rmake.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// In this test, foo.rs is compiled twice with different hashes tied to its
+// symbols thanks to the metadata flag. bar.rs then ensures that the memory locations
+// of foo's symbols are different even though they came from the same original source code.
+// This checks that the metadata flag is doing its job.
+// See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/14471
+
+//@ ignore-cross-compile
+
+use run_make_support::{run, rust_lib_name, rustc};
+
+fn main() {
+    rustc().input("foo.rs").metadata("a").extra_filename("-a").run();
+    rustc().input("foo.rs").metadata("b").extra_filename("-b").run();
+    rustc()
+        .input("bar.rs")
+        .extern_("foo1", rust_lib_name("foo-a"))
+        .extern_("foo2", rust_lib_name("foo-b"))
+        .run();
+    run("bar");
+}