diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.rust/rawids.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.rust/rawids.exp
index 976b723833e..ec613048bf0 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.rust/rawids.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.rust/rawids.exp
@@ -17,12 +17,7 @@
 
 load_lib rust-support.exp
 require allow_rust_tests
-
-set v [split [rust_compiler_version] .]
-if {[lindex $v 0] == 1 && [lindex $v 1] < 30} {
-    untested "raw identifiers require rust 1.30 or greater"
-    return -1
-}
+require {version_compare [rust_compiler_version] >= {1 30 0}}
 
 standard_testfile .rs
 if {[prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" $testfile $srcfile {debug rust}]} {
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.rust/unicode.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.rust/unicode.exp
index 2b4766b5553..9f27fddcad4 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.rust/unicode.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.rust/unicode.exp
@@ -16,14 +16,9 @@
 # Test raw identifiers.
 
 load_lib rust-support.exp
-require allow_rust_tests
-
 # Non-ASCII identifiers were allowed starting in 1.53.
-set v [split [rust_compiler_version] .]
-if {[lindex $v 0] == 1 && [lindex $v 1] < 53} {
-    untested "this test requires rust 1.53 or greater"
-    return -1
-}
+require allow_rust_tests
+require {version_compare [rust_compiler_version] >= {1 53 0}}
 
 # Enable basic use of UTF-8.  LC_ALL gets reset for each testfile.
 setenv LC_ALL C.UTF-8
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.rust/unsized.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.rust/unsized.exp
index f81be8a3078..07f6c2e7a21 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.rust/unsized.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.rust/unsized.exp
@@ -31,10 +31,7 @@ if {![runto ${srcfile}:$line]} {
 
 gdb_test "ptype us" " = .*V<\\\[u8\\\]>.*"
 
-set v [split [rust_compiler_version] .]
-# The necessary debuginfo generation landed in 1.60, but had a bug
-# that was fixed in 1.61.
-if {[lindex $v 0] > 1 || [lindex $v 1] >= 61} {
+if {[version_compare [rust_compiler_version] >= {1 61 0}]} {
     gdb_test "print us2" " = .*Box<.*> \\\[1, 2, 3\\\]"
     gdb_test "ptype us2" "type = .*"
 }
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb-utils.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb-utils.exp
index fb5c953a6c4..371c7a86fc2 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb-utils.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb-utils.exp
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ proc version_compare { l1 op l2 } {
 	"<"     {}
 	"<="    { return [expr [version_compare $l1 < $l2] \
 			      || [version_compare $l1 == $l2]]}
+	">="    { return [expr [version_compare $l2 <= $l1]] }
 	default { error "unsupported op: $op" }
     }
 
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/rust-support.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/rust-support.exp
index f3739e2ce02..187087a47cb 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/rust-support.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/rust-support.exp
@@ -105,10 +105,11 @@ gdb_caching_proc rust_compiler_version {} {
 	set output [lindex [remote_exec host "$rustc --version --verbose"] 1]
 	foreach line [split $output \n] {
 	    if {[regexp "rustc (\[0-9.\]+).*\$" $output ignore version]} {
+		set version [split $version .]
 		return $version
 	    }
 	}
 	verbose "could not match rustc version output: $output"
     }
-    return 0.0
+    return [list 0 0]
 }