diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e88576fd5069c..7cfb90034e1f8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ lint.select = [
 ]
 
 lint.ignore = [
-  "ARG002",
-  "ARG005",
   "B006",
   "B011",
   "B018",
@@ -49,8 +47,10 @@ lint.ignore = [
   "PLW2901",
 ]
 lint.per-file-ignores."emrun.py" = [ "PLE0704" ]
-lint.per-file-ignores."tools/ports/*.py" = [ "ARG001" ]
+lint.per-file-ignores."tools/ports/*.py" = [ "ARG001", "ARG005" ]
 lint.per-file-ignores."test/other/ports/*.py" = [ "ARG001" ]
+lint.per-file-ignores."test/parallel_testsuite.py" = [ "ARG002" ]
+lint.per-file-ignores."test/test_benchmark.py" = [ "ARG002" ]
 lint.mccabe.max-complexity = 51 # Recommended: 10
 lint.pylint.allow-magic-value-types = [
   "bytes",
diff --git a/test/test_browser.py b/test/test_browser.py
index 0e8b2b38113b7..f39beb5fe466b 100644
--- a/test/test_browser.py
+++ b/test/test_browser.py
@@ -4406,9 +4406,9 @@ def test_webgl_vao_without_automatic_extensions(self):
     # blitFramebuffer path on WebGL 2.0 (falls back to VAO on Firefox < 67)
     'gl2_no_aa': (['-sMAX_WEBGL_VERSION=2', '-DTEST_WEBGL2=1', '-DTEST_ANTIALIAS=0'],),
   })
-  def test_webgl_offscreen_framebuffer_state_restoration(self, args, skip_vao=False):
-    cmd = args + ['-lGL', '-sOFFSCREEN_FRAMEBUFFER', '-DEXPLICIT_SWAP=1']
-    self.btest_exit('webgl_offscreen_framebuffer_swap_with_bad_state.c', args=cmd)
+  def test_webgl_offscreen_framebuffer_state_restoration(self, args):
+    base_args = ['-lGL', '-sOFFSCREEN_FRAMEBUFFER', '-DEXPLICIT_SWAP=1']
+    self.btest_exit('webgl_offscreen_framebuffer_swap_with_bad_state.c', args=base_args + args)
 
   @parameterized({
     '': ([],),
@@ -5017,7 +5017,7 @@ def test_offset_converter(self, args):
     self.btest_exit('test_offset_converter.c', args=['-sUSE_OFFSET_CONVERTER', '-gsource-map'] + args)
 
   # Tests emscripten_unwind_to_js_event_loop() behavior
-  def test_emscripten_unwind_to_js_event_loop(self, *args):
+  def test_emscripten_unwind_to_js_event_loop(self):
     self.btest_exit('test_emscripten_unwind_to_js_event_loop.c')
 
   @requires_wasm2js
@@ -5358,7 +5358,7 @@ def test_wasmfs_opfs_errors(self):
     self.btest(test, args=args, expected='0')
 
   @no_firefox('no 4GB support yet')
-  def test_emmalloc_memgrowth(self, *args):
+  def test_emmalloc_memgrowth(self):
     if not self.is_4gb():
       self.set_setting('MAXIMUM_MEMORY', '4GB')
     self.btest_exit('emmalloc_memgrowth.cpp', args=['-sMALLOC=emmalloc', '-sALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH=1', '-sABORTING_MALLOC=0', '-sASSERTIONS=2', '-sMINIMAL_RUNTIME=1'])
diff --git a/test/test_core.py b/test/test_core.py
index ad64bda589ce2..cc12f2a8514e2 100644
--- a/test/test_core.py
+++ b/test/test_core.py
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ def test_emmalloc(self, *args):
 
   @no_asan('ASan does not support custom memory allocators')
   @no_lsan('LSan does not support custom memory allocators')
-  def test_emmalloc_usable_size(self, *args):
+  def test_emmalloc_usable_size(self):
     self.set_setting('MALLOC', 'emmalloc')
     self.do_core_test('test_malloc_usable_size.c', regex=True)
 
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ def test_emmalloc_trim(self):
     self.do_core_test('test_emmalloc_trim.c')
 
   # Test case against https://github.com/emscripten-core/emscripten/issues/10363
-  def test_emmalloc_memalign_corruption(self, *args):
+  def test_emmalloc_memalign_corruption(self):
     self.set_setting('MALLOC', 'emmalloc')
     self.do_core_test('test_emmalloc_memalign_corruption.c')
 
diff --git a/test/test_other.py b/test/test_other.py
index 8f16cef823248..d835d14868b75 100644
--- a/test/test_other.py
+++ b/test/test_other.py
@@ -425,16 +425,12 @@ def test_export_es6_node_requires_import_meta(self):
                             '-sENVIRONMENT=node', '-sEXPORT_ES6', '-sUSE_ES6_IMPORT_META=0'])
     self.assertContained('EXPORT_ES6 and ENVIRONMENT=*node* requires USE_ES6_IMPORT_META to be set', err)
 
-  @parameterized({
-    '': (False,),
-    'package_json': (True,),
-  })
   @parameterized({
     '': ([],),
     # load a worker before startup to check ES6 modules there as well
     'pthreads': (['-pthread', '-sPTHREAD_POOL_SIZE=1'],),
   })
-  def test_export_es6(self, package_json, args):
+  def test_export_es6(self, args):
     self.run_process([EMCC, test_file('hello_world.c'), '-sEXPORT_ES6',
                       '-o', 'hello.mjs'] + args)
     # In ES6 mode we use MODULARIZE, so we must instantiate an instance of the
@@ -5277,7 +5273,7 @@ def test_extra_opt_levels(self):
     'O1': [['-O1']],
   })
   def test_fs_after_main(self, args):
-    self.do_runf('test_fs_after_main.c', 'Test passed.')
+    self.do_runf('test_fs_after_main.c', 'Test passed.', emcc_args=args)
 
   def test_oz_size(self):
     sizes = {}
@@ -13725,7 +13721,7 @@ def test_emscripten_console_log(self):
     self.do_run_in_out_file_test('emscripten_console_log.c', emcc_args=['--pre-js', test_file('emscripten_console_log_pre.js')])
 
   # Tests emscripten_unwind_to_js_event_loop() behavior
-  def test_emscripten_unwind_to_js_event_loop(self, *args):
+  def test_emscripten_unwind_to_js_event_loop(self):
     self.do_runf('test_emscripten_unwind_to_js_event_loop.c')
 
   @node_pthreads