diff --git a/tests/posix/semaphores/prj.conf b/tests/posix/semaphores/prj.conf
index 5376678d6a9..49b867610a0 100644
--- a/tests/posix/semaphores/prj.conf
+++ b/tests/posix/semaphores/prj.conf
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@ CONFIG_ZTEST=y
 
 CONFIG_POSIX_AEP_CHOICE_BASE=y
 CONFIG_POSIX_SEMAPHORES=y
+
+CONFIG_DYNAMIC_THREAD=y
+CONFIG_DYNAMIC_THREAD_POOL_SIZE=2
+CONFIG_THREAD_STACK_INFO=y
diff --git a/tests/posix/semaphores/src/main.c b/tests/posix/semaphores/src/main.c
index 24cbb85b32a..c99e0fca1e9 100644
--- a/tests/posix/semaphores/src/main.c
+++ b/tests/posix/semaphores/src/main.c
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 #define WAIT_TIME_MS 100
 BUILD_ASSERT(WAIT_TIME_MS > 0, "WAIT_TIME_MS must be posistive");
 
+/* based on the current structure of this unit test */
+BUILD_ASSERT(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_THREAD_POOL_SIZE >= 2, "CONFIG_DYNAMIC_THREAD_POOL_SIZE must be >= 2");
+
 static void *child_func(void *p1)
 {
 	sem_t *sem = (sem_t *)p1;
@@ -312,14 +315,4 @@ ZTEST(posix_semaphores, test_named_semaphore)
 	zassert_equal(nsem_get_list_len(), 0);
 }
 
-static void before(void *arg)
-{
-	ARG_UNUSED(arg);
-
-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_THREAD)) {
-		/* skip redundant testing if there is no thread pool / heap allocation */
-		ztest_test_skip();
-	}
-}
-
-ZTEST_SUITE(posix_semaphores, NULL, NULL, before, NULL, NULL);
+ZTEST_SUITE(posix_semaphores, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);