diff --git a/testament/important_packages.nim b/testament/important_packages.nim
index d3d3f06437881..d056dac69db9f 100644
--- a/testament/important_packages.nim
+++ b/testament/important_packages.nim
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ pkg "memo"
 pkg "msgpack4nim", "nim c -r tests/test_spec.nim"
 pkg "nake", "nim c nakefile.nim"
 pkg "neo", "nim c -d:blas=openblas --mm:refc tests/all.nim", url = "https://github.com/nim-lang/neo"
-pkg "nesm", "nimble tests", "https://github.com/nim-lang/NESM", useHead = true
+pkg "nesm", "nimble tests", "https://github.com/nim-lang/NESM", useHead = true, allowFailure = true
+  # inactive, tests not adapted to #23096
 pkg "netty"
 pkg "nico", allowFailure = true
 pkg "nicy", "nim c -r src/nicy.nim"
diff --git a/tests/macros/tgetimpl.nim b/tests/macros/tgetimpl.nim
index 3989576729b62..e215d26968497 100644
--- a/tests/macros/tgetimpl.nim
+++ b/tests/macros/tgetimpl.nim
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ assert: check_gen_proc(len(a)) == (false, true)
 macro check(x: type): untyped =
   let z = getType(x)
   let y = getImpl(z[1])  
-  let sym = if y[0].kind == nnkSym: y[0] else: y[0][0]
+  var sym = y[0]
+  if sym.kind == nnkPragmaExpr: sym = sym[0]
+  if sym.kind == nnkPostfix: sym = sym[1]
   expectKind(z[1], nnkSym)
   expectKind(sym, nnkSym)
   expectKind(y[2], nnkObjectTy)