diff --git a/tests/mypy_test.py b/tests/mypy_test.py
index a0069ae69acd..6eee3213a037 100644
--- a/tests/mypy_test.py
+++ b/tests/mypy_test.py
@@ -251,10 +251,11 @@ def get_mypy_flags(args: TestConfig, temp_name: str, *, testing_stdlib: bool) ->
         "--no-site-packages",
         "--custom-typeshed-dir",
         str(Path(__file__).parent.parent),
-        "--no-implicit-optional",
-        "--disallow-untyped-decorators",
-        "--disallow-any-generics",
-        "--strict-equality",
+        "--strict",
+        # Stub completion is checked by pyright (--allow-*-defs)
+        "--allow-untyped-defs",
+        "--allow-incomplete-defs",
+        "--allow-subclassing-any",  # Needed until we can use non-types dependencies #5768
         "--enable-error-code",
         "ignore-without-code",
         "--config-file",
diff --git a/tests/regr_test.py b/tests/regr_test.py
index ef084cf652ac..37d09ef9c26e 100644
--- a/tests/regr_test.py
+++ b/tests/regr_test.py
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ def test_testcase_directory(package: PackageInfo, version: str, platform: str, q
         msg += "standard library test cases..." if is_stdlib else f"test cases for {package_name!r}..."
         print(msg, end=" ")
 
+    # "--enable-error-code ignore-without-code" is purposefully ommited. See https://github.com/python/typeshed/pull/8083
     flags = [
         "--python-version",
         version,