diff --git a/test cases/fortran/13 coarray/meson.build b/test cases/fortran/13 coarray/meson.build
index 23c7a55c5..29c8c13f7 100644
--- a/test cases/fortran/13 coarray/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/fortran/13 coarray/meson.build	
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ project('Fortran coarray', 'fortran',
   meson_version: '>=0.50')
 
 fc = meson.get_compiler('fortran')
-fcid = fc.get_id()
 
-if ['pgi', 'flang'].contains(fcid)
-  error('MESON_SKIP_TEST: At least through PGI 19.4 and Flang 7.1 do not support Fortran Coarrays.')
+if ['pgi', 'flang'].contains(fc.get_id())
+  error('MESON_SKIP_TEST: At least through PGI 19.10 and Flang 7.1 do not support Fortran Coarrays.')
 endif
 
 # coarray is required because single-image fallback is an intrinsic feature
@@ -15,12 +14,11 @@ coarray = dependency('coarray')
 # for example, conflicting library/compiler versions on PATH
 # this has to invoke a run of "sync all" to verify the MPI stack is functioning,
 # particularly for dynamic linking
-coarray_ok = fc.run('sync all; end', dependencies: coarray, name: 'Coarray link & run').returncode() == 0
-if not coarray_ok
-  error('MESON_SKIP_TEST: The coarray stack (including MPI) did not link correctly so that a simple test could run.')
+if fc.run('sync all; end', dependencies: coarray, name: 'Coarray link & run').returncode() != 0
+  error('The coarray stack (including MPI) did not link correctly so that a simple test could run.')
 endif
 
 exe = executable('hello', 'main.f90',
   dependencies : coarray)
 
-test('Coarray hello world', exe)
+test('Coarray hello world', exe, timeout: 10)