diff --git a/test/basicstuff.cpp b/test/basicstuff.cpp
index 53b503f46..ddddb5985 100644
--- a/test/basicstuff.cpp
+++ b/test/basicstuff.cpp
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ template<typename MatrixType> void basicStuffComplex(const MatrixType& m)
   VERIFY(ei_imag(s1)==ei_imag_ref(s1));
   ei_real_ref(s1) = ei_real(s2);
   ei_imag_ref(s1) = ei_imag(s2);
-  VERIFY(s1==s2);
+  VERIFY(ei_isApprox(s1, s2, NumTraits<RealScalar>::epsilon()));
+  // extended precision in Intel FPUs means that s1 == s2 in the line above is not guaranteed.
 
   RealMatrixType rm1 = RealMatrixType::Random(rows,cols),
                  rm2 = RealMatrixType::Random(rows,cols);
diff --git a/test/unalignedcount.cpp b/test/unalignedcount.cpp
index feff870e5..74eab8c6a 100644
--- a/test/unalignedcount.cpp
+++ b/test/unalignedcount.cpp
@@ -52,5 +52,8 @@ void test_unalignedcount()
   VERIFY_ALIGNED_UNALIGNED_COUNT(a.segment(0,40) -= b.segment(0,40), 10, 10, 10, 0);
   VERIFY_ALIGNED_UNALIGNED_COUNT(a.segment(0,40) *= 3.5, 10, 0, 10, 0);
   VERIFY_ALIGNED_UNALIGNED_COUNT(a.segment(0,40) /= 3.5, 10, 0, 10, 0);
+  #else
+  // The following line is to eliminate "variable not used" warnings
+  nb_load = nb_loadu = nb_store = nb_storeu = 0;
   #endif
 }