t.Fatalf("buildID in hello binary = %q, want %q", id, buildID)
        }
 
-       if runtime.GOOS == "linux" && (runtime.GOARCH == "ppc64le" || runtime.GOARCH == "ppc64") {
-               t.Skipf("skipping - golang.org/issue/11184")
-       }
-
-       if runtime.GOOS == "linux" && (runtime.GOARCH == "mips64le" || runtime.GOARCH == "mips64") {
+       switch {
+       case runtime.GOOS == "linux" && (runtime.GOARCH == "ppc64le" || runtime.GOARCH == "ppc64"):
+               t.Skipf("skipping - external linking not supported, golang.org/issue/11184")
+       case runtime.GOOS == "linux" && (runtime.GOARCH == "mips64le" || runtime.GOARCH == "mips64"):
                t.Skipf("skipping - external linking not supported, golang.org/issue/12560")
+       case runtime.GOOS == "openbsd" && runtime.GOARCH == "arm":
+               t.Skipf("skipping - external linking not supported, golang.org/issue/10619")
+       case runtime.GOOS == "plan9":
+               t.Skipf("skipping - external linking not supported")
        }
 
-       switch runtime.GOOS {
-       case "plan9":
-               // no external linking
-               t.Logf("no external linking - skipping linkmode=external test")
-
-       default:
-               tg.run("build", "-ldflags", "-buildid="+buildID+" -linkmode=external", "-o", tg.path("hello.exe"), tg.path("hello.go"))
-               id, err := main.ReadBuildIDFromBinary(tg.path("hello.exe"))
-               if err != nil {
-                       t.Fatalf("reading build ID from hello binary (linkmode=external): %v", err)
-               }
-               if id != buildID {
-                       t.Fatalf("buildID in hello binary = %q, want %q (linkmode=external)", id, buildID)
-               }
+       tg.run("build", "-ldflags", "-buildid="+buildID+" -linkmode=external", "-o", tg.path("hello.exe"), tg.path("hello.go"))
+       id, err = main.ReadBuildIDFromBinary(tg.path("hello.exe"))
+       if err != nil {
+               t.Fatalf("reading build ID from hello binary (linkmode=external): %v", err)
+       }
+       if id != buildID {
+               t.Fatalf("buildID in hello binary = %q, want %q (linkmode=external)", id, buildID)
        }
 }