diff --git a/includes/widgets/class-amp-widget-categories.php b/includes/widgets/class-amp-widget-categories.php
index 398c2153809..b5c0442f6e8 100644
--- a/includes/widgets/class-amp-widget-categories.php
+++ b/includes/widgets/class-amp-widget-categories.php
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ public function modify_select( $dropdown ) {
 	 */
 	public function widget( $args, $instance ) {
 		static $first_dropdown = true;
-		$title                 = ! empty( $instance['title'] ) ? $instance['title'] : __( 'Categories' ); // phpcs:ignore.
+		// @codingStandardsIgnoreLine
+		$title                 = ! empty( $instance['title'] ) ? $instance['title'] : __( 'Categories' );
 		/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-pages.php */
 		$title = apply_filters( 'widget_title', $title, $instance, $this->id_base );
 		$c     = ! empty( $instance['count'] ) ? '1' : '0';
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@ public function widget( $args, $instance ) {
 			$dropdown_id    = ( $first_dropdown ) ? 'cat' : "{$this->id_base}-dropdown-{$this->number}";
 			$first_dropdown = false;
 			echo '<label class="screen-reader-text" for="' . esc_attr( $dropdown_id ) . '">' . esc_html( $title ) . '</label>';
-			$cat_args['show_option_none'] = __( 'Select Category' ); // phpcs:ignore.
+			// @codingStandardsIgnoreLine
+			$cat_args['show_option_none'] = __( 'Select Category' );
 			$cat_args['id']               = $dropdown_id;
 			/**
 			 * Filters the arguments for the Categories widget drop-down.
diff --git a/tests/test-class-amp-widget-archives.php b/tests/test-class-amp-widget-archives.php
index f273c2bc97d..7ba55052f14 100644
--- a/tests/test-class-amp-widget-archives.php
+++ b/tests/test-class-amp-widget-archives.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class Test_AMP_Widget_Archives extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 	 */
 	public function setUp() {
 		parent::setUp();
+		wp_maybe_load_widgets();
 		AMP_Theme_Support::init();
 		$amp_widgets = new AMP_Widgets();
 		$amp_widgets->register_widgets();
diff --git a/tests/test-class-amp-widget-categories.php b/tests/test-class-amp-widget-categories.php
index 4efb489cf21..40b1170a4ba 100644
--- a/tests/test-class-amp-widget-categories.php
+++ b/tests/test-class-amp-widget-categories.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class Test_AMP_Widget_Categories extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 	 */
 	public function setUp() {
 		parent::setUp();
+		wp_maybe_load_widgets();
 		AMP_Theme_Support::init();
 		$amp_widgets = new AMP_Widgets();
 		$amp_widgets->register_widgets();
diff --git a/tests/test-class-amp-widget-media-audio.php b/tests/test-class-amp-widget-media-audio.php
index 188621563b9..f00d8afb384 100644
--- a/tests/test-class-amp-widget-media-audio.php
+++ b/tests/test-class-amp-widget-media-audio.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class Test_AMP_Widget_Media_Audio extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 	 */
 	public function setUp() {
 		parent::setUp();
+		wp_maybe_load_widgets();
 		AMP_Theme_Support::init();
 		$amp_widgets = new AMP_Widgets();
 		$amp_widgets->register_widgets();
diff --git a/tests/test-class-amp-widget-media-gallery.php b/tests/test-class-amp-widget-media-gallery.php
index 6dfa7bcf20c..156f4eb9fb9 100644
--- a/tests/test-class-amp-widget-media-gallery.php
+++ b/tests/test-class-amp-widget-media-gallery.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class Test_AMP_Widget_Media_Gallery extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 	 */
 	public function setUp() {
 		parent::setUp();
+		wp_maybe_load_widgets();
 		AMP_Theme_Support::init();
 		$amp_widgets = new AMP_Widgets();
 		$amp_widgets->register_widgets();
diff --git a/tests/test-class-amp-widget-media-image.php b/tests/test-class-amp-widget-media-image.php
index 56014a677f5..00775b3d0c1 100644
--- a/tests/test-class-amp-widget-media-image.php
+++ b/tests/test-class-amp-widget-media-image.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class Test_AMP_Widget_Media_Image extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 	 */
 	public function setUp() {
 		parent::setUp();
+		wp_maybe_load_widgets();
 		AMP_Theme_Support::init();
 		$amp_widgets = new AMP_Widgets();
 		$amp_widgets->register_widgets();
diff --git a/tests/test-class-amp-widget-media-video.php b/tests/test-class-amp-widget-media-video.php
index 43a0fe434dc..8f2f802b275 100644
--- a/tests/test-class-amp-widget-media-video.php
+++ b/tests/test-class-amp-widget-media-video.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class Test_AMP_Widget_Media_Video extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 	 */
 	public function setUp() {
 		parent::setUp();
+		wp_maybe_load_widgets();
 		AMP_Theme_Support::init();
 		$amp_widgets = new AMP_Widgets();
 		$amp_widgets->register_widgets();
diff --git a/tests/test-class-amp-widget-recent-comments.php b/tests/test-class-amp-widget-recent-comments.php
index 0b9ba0dba8e..0112078f07e 100644
--- a/tests/test-class-amp-widget-recent-comments.php
+++ b/tests/test-class-amp-widget-recent-comments.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class Test_AMP_Widget_Recent_Comments extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 	 */
 	public function setUp() {
 		parent::setUp();
+		wp_maybe_load_widgets();
 		AMP_Theme_Support::init();
 		$amp_widgets = new AMP_Widgets();
 		$amp_widgets->register_widgets();
diff --git a/tests/test-class-amp-widget-rss.php b/tests/test-class-amp-widget-rss.php
index f6e216cce9d..d8bdd9b3878 100644
--- a/tests/test-class-amp-widget-rss.php
+++ b/tests/test-class-amp-widget-rss.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class Test_AMP_Widget_RSS extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 	 */
 	public function setUp() {
 		parent::setUp();
+		wp_maybe_load_widgets();
 		AMP_Theme_Support::init();
 		$amp_widgets = new AMP_Widgets();
 		$amp_widgets->register_widgets();
diff --git a/tests/test-class-amp-widgets.php b/tests/test-class-amp-widgets.php
index 44fc074b11f..0e0b071e0ca 100644
--- a/tests/test-class-amp-widgets.php
+++ b/tests/test-class-amp-widgets.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class Test_AMP_Widgets extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 	 */
 	public function setUp() {
 		parent::setUp();
+		wp_maybe_load_widgets();
 		$this->instance = new AMP_Widgets();
 	}
 
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ public function setUp() {
 	public function test_init() {
 		$this->instance->init();
 		$this->assertEquals( 10, has_filter( 'widgets_init', array( $this->instance, 'register_widgets' ) ) );
-		$this->assertEquals( 10, has_filter( 'show_recent_comments_widget_style', '__return_false' ) );
 	}
 
 	/**