diff --git a/test/common.py b/test/common.py
index 659db60b9aaf0..b70d8c2966e9e 100644
--- a/test/common.py
+++ b/test/common.py
@@ -1983,7 +1983,7 @@ def _build_and_run(self, filename, expected_output, args=None,
       # TODO once standalone wasm support is more stable, apply use_all_engines
       # like with js engines, but for now as we bring it up, test in all of them
       if not self.wasm_engines:
-        logger.warning('no wasm engine was found to run the standalone part of this test')
+        self.skipTest('no wasm engine was found to run the standalone part of this test')
       engines += self.wasm_engines
     if len(engines) == 0:
       self.fail('No JS engine present to run this test with. Check %s and the paths therein.' % config.EM_CONFIG)