diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/testfixtures/TestFixturesPlugin.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/testfixtures/TestFixturesPlugin.java
index faa1f6aca623f..64ea96e9f8827 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/testfixtures/TestFixturesPlugin.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/testfixtures/TestFixturesPlugin.java
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ public void apply(Project project) {
         maybeSkipTasks(tasks, dockerSupport, Test.class);
         maybeSkipTasks(tasks, dockerSupport, getTaskClass("org.elasticsearch.gradle.test.RestIntegTestTask"));
         maybeSkipTasks(tasks, dockerSupport, TestingConventionsTasks.class);
+        maybeSkipTasks(tasks, dockerSupport, getTaskClass("org.elasticsearch.gradle.test.AntFixture"));
         maybeSkipTasks(tasks, dockerSupport, ComposeUp.class);
         maybeSkipTasks(tasks, dockerSupport, ComposePull.class);
         maybeSkipTasks(tasks, dockerSupport, ComposeDown.class);
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
index 3e32a92366804..543836165a4cc 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ for (String fixtureName : ['hdfsFixture', 'haHdfsFixture', 'secureHdfsFixture',
     executable = "${BuildParams.runtimeJavaHome}/bin/java"
     env 'CLASSPATH', "${-> project.configurations.hdfsFixture.asPath}"
     maxWaitInSeconds 60
-    onlyIf { project(':test:fixtures:krb5kdc-fixture').buildFixture.state.executed && BuildParams.inFipsJvm == false }
+    onlyIf { BuildParams.inFipsJvm == false }
     waitCondition = { fixture, ant ->
       // the hdfs.MiniHDFS fixture writes the ports file when
       // it's ready, so we can just wait for the file to exist