diff --git a/hugolib/embedded_templates_norace_test.go b/hugolib/embedded_templates_norace_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 13b10411..00000000
--- a/hugolib/embedded_templates_norace_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2018 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-// +build !race
-
-package hugolib
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	qt "github.com/frankban/quicktest"
-)
-
-// Just some simple test of the embedded templates to avoid
-// https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/4757 and similar.
-// TODO(bep) fix me https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/5926
-func TestEmbeddedTemplates(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	c := qt.New(t)
-	c.Assert(true, qt.Equals, true)
-
-	home := []string{"index.html", `
-GA:
-{{ template "_internal/google_analytics.html" . }}
-
-GA async:
-
-{{ template "_internal/google_analytics_async.html" . }}
-
-Disqus:
-
-{{ template "_internal/disqus.html" . }}
-
-`}
-
-	b := newTestSitesBuilder(t)
-	b.WithSimpleConfigFile().WithTemplatesAdded(home...)
-
-	b.Build(BuildCfg{})
-
-	// Gheck GA regular and async
-	b.AssertFileContent("public/index.html",
-		"'anonymizeIp', true",
-		"'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');\n\tga('create', 'ga_id', 'auto')",
-		"<script async src='https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js'>")
-
-	// Disqus
-	b.AssertFileContent("public/index.html", "\"disqus_shortname\" + '.disqus.com/embed.js';")
-}
diff --git a/hugolib/embedded_templates_test.go b/hugolib/embedded_templates_test.go
index 840b9823..ab0b7b97 100644
--- a/hugolib/embedded_templates_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/embedded_templates_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ package hugolib
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+
+	qt "github.com/frankban/quicktest"
 )
 
 func TestInternalTemplatesImage(t *testing.T) {
@@ -77,3 +79,40 @@ title: My Site
 <meta itemprop="image" content="https://example.org/siteimg1.jpg"/>
 `)
 }
+
+// Just some simple test of the embedded templates to avoid
+// https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/4757 and similar.
+func TestEmbeddedTemplates(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	c := qt.New(t)
+	c.Assert(true, qt.Equals, true)
+
+	home := []string{"index.html", `
+GA:
+{{ template "_internal/google_analytics.html" . }}
+
+GA async:
+
+{{ template "_internal/google_analytics_async.html" . }}
+
+Disqus:
+
+{{ template "_internal/disqus.html" . }}
+
+`}
+
+	b := newTestSitesBuilder(t)
+	b.WithSimpleConfigFile().WithTemplatesAdded(home...)
+
+	b.Build(BuildCfg{})
+
+	// Gheck GA regular and async
+	b.AssertFileContent("public/index.html",
+		"'anonymizeIp', true",
+		"'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');\n\tga('create', 'ga_id', 'auto')",
+		"<script async src='https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js'>")
+
+	// Disqus
+	b.AssertFileContent("public/index.html", "\"disqus_shortname\" + '.disqus.com/embed.js';")
+}
diff --git a/scripts/fork_go_templates/main.go b/scripts/fork_go_templates/main.go
index 7aab23c3..0b76020d 100644
--- a/scripts/fork_go_templates/main.go
+++ b/scripts/fork_go_templates/main.go
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ var (
 		"\"text/template\"\n", "template \"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/tpl/internal/go_templates/texttemplate\"\n",
 		`"html/template"`, `htmltemplate "html/template"`,
 		`"fmt"`, `htmltemplate "html/template"`,
+		`t.Skip("this test currently fails with -race; see issue #39807")`, `// t.Skip("this test currently fails with -race; see issue #39807")`,
 	)
 )
 
diff --git a/tpl/internal/go_templates/htmltemplate/exec_test.go b/tpl/internal/go_templates/htmltemplate/exec_test.go
index cfca536b..3e8b022d 100644
--- a/tpl/internal/go_templates/htmltemplate/exec_test.go
+++ b/tpl/internal/go_templates/htmltemplate/exec_test.go
@@ -1724,7 +1724,7 @@ var v = "v";
 `
 
 func TestEscapeRace(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Skip("this test currently fails with -race; see issue #39807")
+	// t.Skip("this test currently fails with -race; see issue #39807")
 
 	tmpl := New("")
 	_, err := tmpl.New("templ.html").Parse(raceText)