diff --git a/tests/introspection/ApiCtorInitTest.cs b/tests/introspection/ApiCtorInitTest.cs
index 187cc3d50b..c75d2d5473 100644
--- a/tests/introspection/ApiCtorInitTest.cs
+++ b/tests/introspection/ApiCtorInitTest.cs
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ namespace Introspection {
 				return true;
 			case "QTMovie":
 				return TestRuntime.CheckSystemVersion (PlatformName.MacOSX, 10, 14, 4); // Broke in macOS 10.14.4.
+			case "MTLFunctionConstantValues":
+				// the type was added with Xcode 8, but the default ctor in Xcode 9.
+				return !TestRuntime.CheckXcodeVersion (9, 0);
 			}
 
 			return SkipDueToAttribute (type);
diff --git a/tests/monotouch-test/Metal/MTLDeviceTests.cs b/tests/monotouch-test/Metal/MTLDeviceTests.cs
index cd07ea9432..4b0efda09b 100644
--- a/tests/monotouch-test/Metal/MTLDeviceTests.cs
+++ b/tests/monotouch-test/Metal/MTLDeviceTests.cs
@@ -368,10 +368,12 @@ namespace MonoTouchFixtures.Metal {
 				using (var func = library.CreateFunction ("grayscaleKernel")) {
 					Assert.IsNotNull (func, "CreateFunction (string): nonnull");
 				}
-				using (var constants = new MTLFunctionConstantValues ()) {
-					using (var func = library.CreateFunction ("grayscaleKernel", constants, out var error)) {
-						Assert.IsNotNull (func, "CreateFunction (string, MTLFunctionConstantValues, NSError): nonnull");
-						Assert.IsNull (error, "CreateFunction (string, MTLFunctionConstantValues, NSError): null error");
+				if (TestRuntime.CheckXcodeVersion (9, 0)) { // MTLFunctionConstantValues didn't have a default ctor until Xcode 9.
+					using (var constants = new MTLFunctionConstantValues ()) {
+						using (var func = library.CreateFunction ("grayscaleKernel", constants, out var error)) {
+							Assert.IsNotNull (func, "CreateFunction (string, MTLFunctionConstantValues, NSError): nonnull");
+							Assert.IsNull (error, "CreateFunction (string, MTLFunctionConstantValues, NSError): null error");
+						}
 					}
 				}
 			}