diff --git a/tests/lxcxml2xmltest.c b/tests/lxcxml2xmltest.c
index 3b96862c62..5dbeb0b2eb 100644
--- a/tests/lxcxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/lxcxml2xmltest.c
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("sharenet");
     DO_TEST("ethernet");
     DO_TEST("ethernet-hostip");
-    DO_TEST_FULL("filesystem-root", 0, false,
-                 VIR_DOMAIN_DEF_PARSE_SKIP_OSTYPE_CHECKS);
     DO_TEST("initenv");
     DO_TEST("initdir");
     DO_TEST("inituser");