diff --git a/test/Explode.lean b/test/Explode.lean
index 1091edfa1499ad..365331fea18442 100644
--- a/test/Explode.lean
+++ b/test/Explode.lean
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ info: true_iff : ∀ (p : Prop), (True ↔ p) = p
 -/
 #guard_msgs in #explode true_iff
 
+set_option linter.setOption false
 -- On command line, tests format functions with => rather than ↦ without this.
 set_option pp.unicode.fun true
 
diff --git a/test/LibrarySearch/IsCompact.lean b/test/LibrarySearch/IsCompact.lean
index da09045e68174f..0428a0cc91ba1c 100644
--- a/test/LibrarySearch/IsCompact.lean
+++ b/test/LibrarySearch/IsCompact.lean
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Real
 import Mathlib.Topology.Algebra.Order.Compact
 
-set_option pp.unicode.fun true
-
 -- TODO: uses sorry, but is hidden behind the `apply?`
 /-- warning: declaration uses 'sorry' -/
 #guard_msgs(warning, drop info) in
diff --git a/test/LibrarySearch/basic.lean b/test/LibrarySearch/basic.lean
index 656d3da768f53b..bf8cdf89bf6f18 100644
--- a/test/LibrarySearch/basic.lean
+++ b/test/LibrarySearch/basic.lean
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic
 
 set_option autoImplicit true
 
+set_option linter.setOption false
 -- Enable this option for tracing:
 -- set_option trace.Tactic.librarySearch true
 -- And this option to trace all candidate lemmas before application.
diff --git a/test/Recall.lean b/test/Recall.lean
index 3ff71afaa98a8e..871d32076caa6d 100644
--- a/test/Recall.lean
+++ b/test/Recall.lean
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import Mathlib.Analysis.Calculus.Deriv.Basic
 import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Trigonometric.Basic
 import Mathlib.Data.Complex.Exponential
 
+set_option linter.setOption false
 -- Remark: When the test is run by make/CI, this option is not set, so we set it here.
 set_option pp.unicode.fun true
 set_option autoImplicit true
diff --git a/test/delabLinearIndependent.lean b/test/delabLinearIndependent.lean
index 05ec457919f65f..68798c6dd16270 100644
--- a/test/delabLinearIndependent.lean
+++ b/test/delabLinearIndependent.lean
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.LinearIndependent
 
+set_option linter.setOption false
 set_option pp.unicode.fun true
 
 variable {K V : Type*} [DivisionRing K] [AddCommGroup V] [Module K V] {s : Set V} {x : V}
diff --git a/test/linarith.lean b/test/linarith.lean
index 18bcb03f6c14f6..c1679d90a92840 100644
--- a/test/linarith.lean
+++ b/test/linarith.lean
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import Mathlib.Data.Rat.Order
 private axiom test_sorry : ∀ {α}, α
 set_option linter.unusedVariables false
 set_option autoImplicit true
+set_option linter.setOption false
 set_option pp.mvars false
 
 example [LinearOrderedCommRing α] {a b : α} (h : a < b) (w : b < a) : False := by
diff --git a/test/vec_notation.lean b/test/vec_notation.lean
index cdca02d1d189f6..6828096e096964 100644
--- a/test/vec_notation.lean
+++ b/test/vec_notation.lean
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ open Lean
 open Lean.Meta
 open Qq
 
+set_option linter.setOption false in
 set_option pp.unicode.fun false
 
 /-! These tests are testing `PiFin.toExpr` and fail with