diff --git a/test.zig b/test.zig
index 7cdb2eea6731a5f0e580a6b8bdbe29509fdf3637..36cc7dda5bafc2a6c225b7cd84b3255ee5c05b65 100644
--- a/test.zig
+++ b/test.zig
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const icu = @import("icu");
 
-// TODO: run the official test suite from unicode
+// TODO: run the official tests from unicode
 test {
-    std.testing.refAllDeclsRecursive(icu);
+    _ = &icu.hasDerivedCoreProperty;
+    _ = &icu.hasProperty;
+    _ = &icu.hasEmojiCategory;
+    _ = &icu.age;
+    _ = &icu.eastAsianWidth;
+    _ = &icu.bidiPairedBracketType;
+    _ = &icu.toLower;
 }