diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py
index 00751d472..5f64b39f8 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py
@@ -381,6 +381,8 @@ def create_test_files(self):
 
 
 class ArchiverTestCase(ArchiverTestCaseBase):
+    requires_hardlinks = pytest.mark.skipif(not are_hardlinks_supported(), reason='hardlinks not supported')
+
     def test_basic_functionality(self):
         have_root = self.create_test_files()
         # fork required to test show-rc output
@@ -811,8 +813,6 @@ def _extract_hardlinks_setup(self):
         self.cmd('init', '--encryption=repokey', self.repository_location)
         self.cmd('create', self.repository_location + '::test', 'input')
 
-    requires_hardlinks = pytest.mark.skipif(not are_hardlinks_supported(), reason='hardlinks not supported')
-
     @requires_hardlinks
     @unittest.skipUnless(llfuse, 'llfuse not installed')
     def test_fuse_mount_hardlinks(self):