diff --git a/tests/end2end/conftest.py b/tests/end2end/conftest.py
index 136d6eb67..3240cc7b8 100644
--- a/tests/end2end/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/end2end/conftest.py
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ def _get_version_tag(tag):
         do_skip = {
             '==': not qtutils.version_check(version, exact=True,
                                             compiled=False),
-            '>=': not qtutils.version_check(version),
-            '<': qtutils.version_check(version),
+            '>=': not qtutils.version_check(version, compiled=False),
+            '<': qtutils.version_check(version, compiled=False),
             '!=': qtutils.version_check(version, exact=True, compiled=False),
         }
         return pytest.mark.skipif(do_skip[op], reason='Needs ' + tag)