diff --git a/tests/extern-scan.pl b/tests/extern-scan.pl
index 17b4842369..d8f46ee3ba 100755
--- a/tests/extern-scan.pl
+++ b/tests/extern-scan.pl
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ foreach my $f (@incs) {
     while(<H>) {
         s/CURL_DEPRECATED\(.*"\)//;
         s/  */ /g;
-        if (/^(^CURL_EXTERN .*)\(/) {
+        if (/^(^CURL_EXTERN .*?)\(/) {
             my $decl = $1;
             $decl =~ s/\r$//;
             $decl =~ /([a-z_]+)$/;
diff --git a/tests/symbol-scan.pl b/tests/symbol-scan.pl
index 5c4f337d9b..2b9ac37596 100755
--- a/tests/symbol-scan.pl
+++ b/tests/symbol-scan.pl
@@ -170,11 +170,13 @@ for my $e (sort @syms) {
     #
     # CURLINC_ - defines for header dual-include prevention, ignore those.
     #
+    # CURL_TEMP_ - are defined and *undefined* again within the file
+    #
     # *_LAST and *_LASTENTRY are just prefix for the placeholders used for the
     # last entry in many enum series.
     #
 
-    if($e =~ /(OBSOLETE|^CURL_EXTERN|^CURLINC_|_LAST\z|_LASTENTRY\z)/) {
+    if($e =~ /(OBSOLETE|^CURL_EXTERN|^CURLINC_|_LAST\z|_LASTENTRY\z|^CURL_TEMP_)/) {
         $ignored++;
         next;
     }