diff --git a/util/build-gnu.sh b/util/build-gnu.sh
index 532e905929d..17e17ce0ffb 100755
--- a/util/build-gnu.sh
+++ b/util/build-gnu.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # spell-checker:ignore (paths) abmon deref discrim eacces getlimits getopt ginstall inacc infloop inotify reflink ; (misc) INT_OFLOW OFLOW
 # spell-checker:ignore baddecode submodules xstrtol distros ; (vars/env) SRCDIR vdir rcexp xpart dired OSTYPE ; (utils) gnproc greadlink gsed multihardlink texinfo CARGOFLAGS
 # spell-checker:ignore openat TOCTOU CFLAGS
-# spell-checker:ignore hfsplus casefold chattr
 
 set -e
 
@@ -34,7 +33,9 @@ path_GNU="$("${READLINK}" -fm -- "${path_GNU:-${path_UUTILS}/../gnu}")"
 
 ###
 
-release_tag_GNU="v9.9"
+#temporarily bump commit to enable some tests e.g. writable-under-readonly.sh
+release_tag_GNU="d5a75a2f93aef30fe6b99eead74f8c0f11203e43"
+#release_tag_GNU="v9.9"
 
 # check if the GNU coreutils has been cloned, if not print instructions
 # note: the ${path_GNU} might already exist, so we check for the .git directory
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ else
     ./bootstrap --skip-po
     # Use CFLAGS for best build time since we discard GNU coreutils
     CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -pipe -O0 -s" ./configure --quiet --disable-gcc-warnings --disable-nls --disable-dependency-tracking --disable-bold-man-page-references \
+      --enable-install-program="kill,uptime,hostname" \
       "$([ "${SELINUX_ENABLED}" = 1 ] && echo --with-selinux || echo --without-selinux)"
     #Add timeout to to protect against hangs
     "${SED}" -i 's|^"\$@|'"${SYSTEM_TIMEOUT}"' 600 "\$@|' build-aux/test-driver
@@ -169,9 +171,6 @@ grep -rl 'path_prepend_' tests/* | xargs -r "${SED}" -i 's| path_prepend_ ./src|
 # path_prepend_ sets $abs_path_dir_: set it manually instead.
 grep -rl '\$abs_path_dir_' tests/*/*.sh | xargs -r "${SED}" -i "s|\$abs_path_dir_|${UU_BUILD_DIR//\//\\/}|g"
 
-# Remove hfs dependency (should be merged to upstream)
-"${SED}" -i -e "s|hfsplus|ext4 -O casefold|" -e "s|cd mnt|rm -d mnt/lost+found;chattr +F mnt;cd mnt|" tests/mv/hardlink-case.sh
-
 # Use the system coreutils where the test fails due to error in a util that is not the one being tested
 "${SED}" -i "s|grep '^#define HAVE_CAP 1' \$CONFIG_HEADER > /dev/null|true|"  tests/ls/capability.sh
 
diff --git a/util/why-skip.md b/util/why-skip.md
index f179a58bb1c..2fd0eb7a675 100644
--- a/util/why-skip.md
+++ b/util/why-skip.md
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 = LD_PRELOAD was ineffective? =
 * tests/cp/nfs-removal-race.sh
 
-= temporarily disabled =
-* tests/mkdir/writable-under-readonly.sh
-
 = this system lacks SMACK support =
 * tests/mkdir/smack-root.sh
 * tests/mkdir/smack-no-root.sh
@@ -53,9 +50,6 @@
 = no rootfs in mtab =
 * tests/df/skip-rootfs.sh
 
-= insufficient mount/ext2 support =
-* tests/cp/cp-mv-enotsup-xattr.sh
-
 = requires controlling input terminal =
 * tests/misc/stty-pairs.sh
 * tests/misc/stty.sh