diff --git a/spec/classes/mod/php_spec.rb b/spec/classes/mod/php_spec.rb
index 8c4e774d63..76ef4f7d7e 100644
--- a/spec/classes/mod/php_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/mod/php_spec.rb
@@ -21,17 +21,6 @@
           end
 
           case facts[:os]['release']['major']
-          when '9'
-            context 'on stretch' do
-              it { is_expected.to contain_apache__mod('php7.0') }
-              it { is_expected.to contain_package('libapache2-mod-php7.0') }
-
-              it {
-                expect(subject).to contain_file('php7.0.load').with(
-                  content: "LoadModule php7_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp7.0.so\n",
-                )
-              }
-            end
           when '10'
             context 'on buster' do
               it { is_expected.to contain_apache__mod('php7.3') }
@@ -290,12 +279,7 @@
       end
 
       # all the following tests are for legacy php/apache versions. They don't work on modern ubuntu and redhat 8
-      next if (facts[:os]['release']['major'].to_i >= 15 && facts[:os]['name'] == 'SLES')  ||
-              (facts[:os]['family'] == 'Debian')                                           ||
-              (facts[:os]['release']['major'].to_i >= 8 && (facts[:os]['name'] == 'RedHat' || facts[:os]['name'] == 'CentOS' ||
-                                                            facts[:os]['name'] == 'Rocky'  || facts[:os]['name'] == 'AlmaLinux'))
-
-      describe 'OS independent tests' do
+      describe 'OS independent tests', unless: ['Debian', 'RedHat'].include?(facts[:os]['family']) || (facts[:os]['release']['major'].to_i >= 15 && facts[:os]['name'] == 'SLES') do
         context 'with content param' do
           let :params do
             { content: 'somecontent' }