--- ./src/c/test_c.py_orig	2025-08-06 04:19:06.460485474 -0500
+++ ./src/c/test_c.py	2025-08-06 04:18:28.008332574 -0500
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@
                     '__pypy__' in sys.builtin_module_names)
             pytest.skip("dlopen(None) cannot work on Windows "
                          "with PyPy or Python 3")
+        if sys.platform == 'aix':
+            pytest.skip("dlopen(None) cannot work on AIX")
+
     return load_library(path, flags)
 
 def test_load_library():
--- testing/cffi0/backend_tests.py_orig	2025-08-06 04:28:29.676420166 -0500
+++ testing/cffi0/backend_tests.py	2025-08-06 04:29:03.835536865 -0500
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 def needs_dlopen_none():
     if sys.platform == 'win32' and not ctypes.util.find_library('c'):
         pytest.skip("dlopen(None) cannot work on Windows with this runtime")
+    if sys.platform == 'aix':
+        pytest.skip("dlopen(None) cannot work on AIX")
 
 
 class BackendTests: