diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index fac8a11cf30654..ad9e3311a6f8ba 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -1655,7 +1655,12 @@ int mingw_rename(const char *pold, const char *pnew)
 	if (gle == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED &&
 	    (attrs = GetFileAttributesW(wpnew)) != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES) {
 		if (attrs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) {
-			errno = EISDIR;
+			DWORD attrsold = GetFileAttributesW(wpold);
+			if (attrsold == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES ||
+			    !(attrsold & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY))
+				errno = EISDIR;
+			else if (!_wrmdir(wpnew))
+				goto repeat;
 			return -1;
 		}
 		if ((attrs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY) &&
diff --git a/t/t9100-git-svn-basic.sh b/t/t9100-git-svn-basic.sh
index 4fea8d901bbc0f..949287b63b4d23 100755
--- a/t/t9100-git-svn-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t9100-git-svn-basic.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ test_expect_success \
 		mkdir bar &&
 		echo "zzz" >bar/zzz &&
 		echo "#!/bin/sh" >exec.sh &&
-		chmod +x exec.sh &&
+		{
+			test_have_prereq !POSIXPERM ||
+			chmod +x exec.sh
+		} &&
+		echo "utf-8" >utf-8.file &&
 		svn_cmd import -m "import for git svn" . "$svnrepo" >/dev/null
 	) &&
 	rm -rf import &&
@@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ test_expect_success "$name" '
 
 
 name='remove executable bit from a file'
-test_expect_success "$name" '
+test_expect_success !MINGW "$name" '
 	rm -f "$GIT_DIR"/index &&
 	git checkout -f -b mybranch5 ${remotes_git_svn} &&
 	chmod -x exec.sh &&
@@ -130,7 +134,7 @@ test_expect_success "$name" '
 
 
 name='add executable bit back file'
-test_expect_success "$name" '
+test_expect_success !MINGW "$name" '
 	chmod +x exec.sh &&
 	git update-index exec.sh &&
 	git commit -m "$name" &&
@@ -141,7 +145,7 @@ test_expect_success "$name" '
 
 
 name='executable file becomes a symlink to file'
-test_expect_success "$name" '
+test_expect_success !MINGW "$name" '
 	rm exec.sh &&
 	ln -s file exec.sh &&
 	git update-index exec.sh &&
@@ -153,8 +157,11 @@ test_expect_success "$name" '
 
 name='new symlink is added to a file that was also just made executable'
 
-test_expect_success "$name" '
-	chmod +x file &&
+test_expect_success !MINGW "$name" '
+	{
+		test_have_prereq !POSIXPERM ||
+		chmod +x file
+	} &&
 	ln -s file exec-2.sh &&
 	git update-index --add file exec-2.sh &&
 	git commit -m "$name" &&
@@ -165,7 +172,7 @@ test_expect_success "$name" '
 	test -h "$SVN_TREE"/exec-2.sh'
 
 name='modify a symlink to become a file'
-test_expect_success "$name" '
+test_expect_success !MINGW "$name" '
 	echo git help >help &&
 	rm exec-2.sh &&
 	cp help exec-2.sh &&
@@ -181,11 +188,13 @@ test_expect_success "$name" '
 name="commit with UTF-8 message: locale: $GIT_SVN_LC_ALL"
 LC_ALL="$GIT_SVN_LC_ALL"
 export LC_ALL
-test_expect_success UTF8 "$name" "
-	echo '# hello' >> exec-2.sh &&
-	git update-index exec-2.sh &&
-	git commit -m 'éï∏' &&
-	git svn set-tree HEAD"
+test_expect_success UTF8 "$name" '
+	rm -f "$GIT_DIR"/index &&
+	git checkout -f -b mybranch5 ${remotes_git_svn} &&
+	echo "# hello" >> utf-8.file &&
+	git update-index utf-8.file &&
+	git commit -m "éï∏" &&
+	git svn set-tree HEAD'
 unset LC_ALL
 
 name='test fetch functionality (svn => git) with alternate GIT_SVN_ID'
@@ -214,7 +223,7 @@ tree d667270a1f7b109f5eb3aaea21ede14b56bfdd6e
 tree 8f51f74cf0163afc9ad68a4b1537288c4558b5a4
 EOF
 
-test_expect_success "$name" "test_cmp a expected"
+test_expect_success !MINGW "$name" "test_cmp a expected"
 
 test_expect_success 'exit if remote refs are ambigious' "
         git config --add svn-remote.svn.fetch \
diff --git a/t/t9118-git-svn-funky-branch-names.sh b/t/t9118-git-svn-funky-branch-names.sh
index ed4d1369cca6a2..73d98e70411cd1 100755
--- a/t/t9118-git-svn-funky-branch-names.sh
+++ b/t/t9118-git-svn-funky-branch-names.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,11 @@ test_expect_success 'setup svnrepo' '
 	              "$svnrepo/pr ject/branches/$scary_uri" &&
 	svn_cmd cp -m "leading dot" "$svnrepo/pr ject/trunk" \
 			"$svnrepo/pr ject/branches/.leading_dot" &&
-	svn_cmd cp -m "trailing dot" "$svnrepo/pr ject/trunk" \
-			"$svnrepo/pr ject/branches/trailing_dot." &&
+	{
+		test_have_prereq MINGW ||
+		svn_cmd cp -m "trailing dot" "$svnrepo/pr ject/trunk" \
+			"$svnrepo/pr ject/branches/trailing_dot."
+	} &&
 	svn_cmd cp -m "trailing .lock" "$svnrepo/pr ject/trunk" \
 			"$svnrepo/pr ject/branches/trailing_dotlock.lock" &&
 	svn_cmd cp -m "reflog" "$svnrepo/pr ject/trunk" \
@@ -45,7 +48,10 @@ test_expect_success 'test clone with funky branch names' '
 		git rev-parse "refs/remotes/origin/more%20fun%20plugin!" &&
 		git rev-parse "refs/remotes/origin/$scary_ref" &&
 		git rev-parse "refs/remotes/origin/%2Eleading_dot" &&
-		git rev-parse "refs/remotes/origin/trailing_dot%2E" &&
+		{
+			test_have_prereq MINGW ||
+			git rev-parse "refs/remotes/origin/trailing_dot%2E"
+		} &&
 		git rev-parse "refs/remotes/origin/trailing_dotlock%2Elock" &&
 		git rev-parse "refs/remotes/origin/$non_reflog"
 	)
diff --git a/t/t9124-git-svn-dcommit-auto-props.sh b/t/t9124-git-svn-dcommit-auto-props.sh
index aa841e12996aad..c851121d6b8fc5 100755
--- a/t/t9124-git-svn-dcommit-auto-props.sh
+++ b/t/t9124-git-svn-dcommit-auto-props.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ test_expect_success 'enable auto-props config' '
 
 test_expect_success 'add files matching auto-props' '
 	echo "#!$SHELL_PATH" >exec1.sh &&
-	chmod +x exec1.sh &&
+	{
+		test_have_prereq !POSIXPERM ||
+		chmod +x exec1.sh
+	} &&
 	echo "hello" >hello.txt &&
 	echo bar >bar &&
 	git add exec1.sh hello.txt bar &&
@@ -49,7 +52,10 @@ test_expect_success 'disable auto-props config' '
 
 test_expect_success 'add files matching disabled auto-props' '
 	echo "#$SHELL_PATH" >exec2.sh &&
-	chmod +x exec2.sh &&
+	{
+		test_have_prereq !POSIXPERM ||
+		chmod +x exec2.sh
+	} &&
 	echo "world" >world.txt &&
 	echo zot >zot &&
 	git add exec2.sh world.txt zot &&
@@ -65,7 +71,10 @@ test_expect_success 'check resulting svn repository' '
 	cd svnrepo &&
 
 	# Check properties from first commit.
-	test "x$(svn_cmd propget svn:executable exec1.sh)" = "x*" &&
+	{
+		test_have_prereq !POSIXPERM ||
+		test "x$(svn_cmd propget svn:executable exec1.sh)" = "x*"
+	} &&
 	test "x$(svn_cmd propget svn:mime-type exec1.sh)" = \
 	     "xapplication/x-shellscript" &&
 	test "x$(svn_cmd propget svn:mime-type hello.txt)" = "xtext/plain" &&
@@ -73,7 +82,10 @@ test_expect_success 'check resulting svn repository' '
 	test "x$(svn_cmd propget svn:mime-type bar)" = "x" &&
 
 	# Check properties from second commit.
-	test "x$(svn_cmd propget svn:executable exec2.sh)" = "x*" &&
+	{
+		test_have_prereq !POSIXPERM ||
+		test "x$(svn_cmd propget svn:executable exec2.sh)" = "x*"
+	} &&
 	test "x$(svn_cmd propget svn:mime-type exec2.sh)" = "x" &&
 	test "x$(svn_cmd propget svn:mime-type world.txt)" = "x" &&
 	test "x$(svn_cmd propget svn:eol-style world.txt)" = "x" &&
diff --git a/t/t9130-git-svn-authors-file.sh b/t/t9130-git-svn-authors-file.sh
index c44de267a1c0e2..0a9cd87136a7c7 100755
--- a/t/t9130-git-svn-authors-file.sh
+++ b/t/t9130-git-svn-authors-file.sh
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch continues after authors-file is fixed' '
 	)
 	'
 
-test_expect_success 'fresh clone with svn.authors-file in config' '
+test_expect_success !MINGW 'fresh clone with svn.authors-file in config' '
 	(
 		rm -r "$GIT_DIR" &&
 		test x = x"$(git config svn.authorsfile)" &&