diff --git a/t/lib-terminal.sh b/t/lib-terminal.sh
index 3258b8f0d5c..5e7ee9a5c7e 100644
--- a/t/lib-terminal.sh
+++ b/t/lib-terminal.sh
@@ -15,14 +15,23 @@ test_expect_success 'set up terminal for tests' '
 
 if test -e have_tty
 then
-	test_terminal() { "$@"; }
+	test_terminal_() { "$@"; }
 	test_set_prereq TTY
 elif test -e test_terminal_works
 then
-	test_terminal() {
+	test_terminal_() {
 		"$PERL_PATH" "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/test-terminal.perl "$@"
 	}
 	test_set_prereq TTY
 else
 	say "# no usable terminal, so skipping some tests"
 fi
+
+test_terminal () {
+	if ! test_declared_prereq TTY
+	then
+		echo >&2 'test_terminal: need to declare TTY prerequisite'
+		return 127
+	fi
+	test_terminal_ "$@"
+}
diff --git a/t/t7006-pager.sh b/t/t7006-pager.sh
index 17e54d3e684..5641b595596 100755
--- a/t/t7006-pager.sh
+++ b/t/t7006-pager.sh
@@ -184,11 +184,6 @@ test_expect_success 'color when writing to a file intended for a pager' '
 	colorful colorful.log
 '
 
-if test_have_prereq SIMPLEPAGER && test_have_prereq TTY
-then
-	test_set_prereq SIMPLEPAGERTTY
-fi
-
 # Use this helper to make it easy for the caller of your
 # terminal-using function to specify whether it should fail.
 # If you write
@@ -224,7 +219,7 @@ parse_args() {
 test_default_pager() {
 	parse_args "$@"
 
-	$test_expectation SIMPLEPAGERTTY "$cmd - default pager is used by default" "
+	$test_expectation SIMPLEPAGER,TTY "$cmd - default pager is used by default" "
 		unset PAGER GIT_PAGER;
 		test_might_fail git config --unset core.pager &&
 		rm -f default_pager_used ||