diff --git a/misc/tests/conftest.py b/misc/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5cd17c61d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+def pytest_addoption(parser):
+    parser.addoption("--suppress", action="append", default=[],
+                     help="Suppression files used in test-memory-leaks.py. These files must be located in the folder valgrind.")
+
+def pytest_generate_tests(metafunc):
+    if "suppression_files" in metafunc.fixturenames:
+        tags = list(metafunc.config.option.suppress)
+        metafunc.parametrize("suppression_files", [tags], scope='session')
diff --git a/misc/tests/test-memory-leaks.py b/misc/tests/test-memory-leaks.py
index 44b75aa025..5769c1dfb6 100644
--- a/misc/tests/test-memory-leaks.py
+++ b/misc/tests/test-memory-leaks.py
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 DOWNWARD_BIN = os.path.join(BUILD_DIR, "bin", "downward")
 SAS_FILE = os.path.join(REPO, "test.sas")
 PLAN_FILE = os.path.join(REPO, "test.plan")
-VALGRIND_GCC5_SUPPRESSION_FILE = os.path.join(
-    REPO, "misc", "tests", "valgrind", "gcc5.supp")
 DLOPEN_SUPPRESSION_FILE = os.path.join(
     REPO, "misc", "tests", "valgrind", "dlopen.supp")
 DL_CATCH_ERROR_SUPPRESSION_FILE = os.path.join(
@@ -31,33 +29,20 @@
 CONFIGS.update(configs.default_configs_optimal(core=True, extended=True))
 CONFIGS.update(configs.default_configs_satisficing(core=True, extended=True))
 
-
-def escape_list(l):
-    return " ".join(pipes.quote(x) for x in l)
-
-
-def get_compiler_and_version():
-    output = subprocess.check_output(
-        ["cmake", "-LA", "-N", "../../src/"], cwd=BUILD_DIR).decode("utf-8")
-    compiler = re.search(
-        "^DOWNWARD_CXX_COMPILER_ID:STRING=(.+)$", output, re.M).group(1)
-    version = re.search(
-        "^DOWNWARD_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION:STRING=(.+)$", output, re.M).group(1)
-    return compiler, version
-
-
-COMPILER, COMPILER_VERSION = get_compiler_and_version()
 SUPPRESSION_FILES = [
     DLOPEN_SUPPRESSION_FILE,
     DL_CATCH_ERROR_SUPPRESSION_FILE,
 ]
-if COMPILER == "GNU" and COMPILER_VERSION.split(".")[0] == "5":
-    print("Using leak suppression file for GCC 5 "
-          "(see https://issues.fast-downward.org/issue703).")
-    SUPPRESSION_FILES.append(VALGRIND_GCC5_SUPPRESSION_FILE)
+
+def escape_list(l):
+    return " ".join(pipes.quote(x) for x in l)
 
 
-def run_plan_script(task, config):
+def run_plan_script(task, config, custom_suppression_files):
+    custom_suppression_files = [
+        os.path.join(REPO, "misc", "tests", "valgrind", f)
+        for f in custom_suppression_files
+    ]
     assert "--alias" not in config, config
     cmd = [
         "valgrind",
@@ -66,7 +51,7 @@ def run_plan_script(task, config):
         "--show-leak-kinds=all",
         "--errors-for-leak-kinds=all",
         "--track-origins=yes"]
-    for suppression_file in SUPPRESSION_FILES:
+    for suppression_file in SUPPRESSION_FILES + custom_suppression_files:
         cmd.append("--suppressions={}".format(suppression_file))
     cmd.extend([DOWNWARD_BIN] + config + ["--internal-plan-file", PLAN_FILE])
     print("\nRun: {}".format(escape_list(cmd)))
@@ -101,8 +86,8 @@ def setup_module(_module):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("config", sorted(CONFIGS.values()))
-def test_configs(config):
-    run_plan_script(SAS_FILE, config)
+def test_configs(config, suppression_files):
+    run_plan_script(SAS_FILE, config, suppression_files)
 
 
 def teardown_module(_module):
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 4de0067d5a..0930e65e00 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@ set(FAST_DOWNWARD_MAIN_CMAKELISTS_READ TRUE)
 
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
 
-# Write compiler ID and version to the cache to allow retrieving this information
-# with "cmake -LA" (see test-memory-leaks.py).
-set(DOWNWARD_CXX_COMPILER_ID ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} CACHE STRING "")
-set(DOWNWARD_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION} CACHE STRING "")
-mark_as_advanced(DOWNWARD_CXX_COMPILER_ID DOWNWARD_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION)
-
 # Add planner components as subprojects.
 
 # Copy the translator into the output directory.