diff --git a/src/Files/File.php b/src/Files/File.php
index 21cbeb2158..0a442b16ad 100644
--- a/src/Files/File.php
+++ b/src/Files/File.php
@@ -909,6 +909,7 @@ protected function addMessage($error, $message, $line, $column, $code, $data, $s
         // Filter out any messages for sniffs that shouldn't have run
         // due to the use of the --sniffs command line argument.
         if ($includeAll === false
+            && $parts[0] !== 'Internal'
             && ((empty($this->configCache['sniffs']) === false
             && in_array(strtolower($listenerCode), $this->configCache['sniffs'], true) === false)
             || (empty($this->configCache['exclude']) === false
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/PHP/DisallowAlternativePHPTagsUnitTest.php b/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/PHP/DisallowAlternativePHPTagsUnitTest.php
index 953e8ad9b5..a326341624 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/PHP/DisallowAlternativePHPTagsUnitTest.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/PHP/DisallowAlternativePHPTagsUnitTest.php
@@ -89,7 +89,19 @@ public function getErrorList($testFile='')
     public function getWarningList($testFile='')
     {
         if ($testFile === 'DisallowAlternativePHPTagsUnitTest.3.inc') {
+            // Check if the Internal.NoCodeFound error can be expected on line 1.
+            $aspTags = false;
+            if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 70000) {
+                $aspTags = (bool) ini_get('asp_tags');
+            }
+
+            $line1 = 0;
+            if ($aspTags === true) {
+                $line1 = 1;
+            }
+
             return [
+                1 => $line1,
                 3 => 1,
                 4 => 1,
                 5 => 1,
diff --git a/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/PHP/DisallowShortOpenTagUnitTest.php b/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/PHP/DisallowShortOpenTagUnitTest.php
index b79572ce6b..57d91e0d27 100644
--- a/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/PHP/DisallowShortOpenTagUnitTest.php
+++ b/src/Standards/Generic/Tests/PHP/DisallowShortOpenTagUnitTest.php
@@ -88,7 +88,14 @@ public function getWarningList($testFile='')
         case 'DisallowShortOpenTagUnitTest.1.inc':
             return [];
         case 'DisallowShortOpenTagUnitTest.3.inc':
+            // Check if the Internal.NoCodeFound error can be expected on line 1.
+            $option = (bool) ini_get('short_open_tag');
+            $line1  = 0;
+            if ($option === true) {
+                $line1 = 1;
+            }
             return [
+                1  => $line1,
                 3  => 1,
                 6  => 1,
                 11 => 1,