diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-usb-nosupport.err b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-usb-nosupport.err
deleted file mode 100644
index 87e8a9dec3..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-usb-nosupport.err
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-unsupported configuration: This QEMU doesn't support '-device usb-storage'
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-usb-nosupport.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-usb-nosupport.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index b88ecf1935..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-usb-nosupport.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-<domain type='qemu'>
-  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
-  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
-  <memory unit='KiB'>219136</memory>
-  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219136</currentMemory>
-  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
-  <os>
-    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
-    <boot dev='hd'/>
-  </os>
-  <clock offset='utc'/>
-  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
-  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
-  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
-  <devices>
-    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i386</emulator>
-    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
-      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
-    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source file='/tmp/usbdisk.img'/>
-      <target dev='sda' bus='usb'/>
-    </disk>
-    <controller type='usb' index='0'/>
-    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
-    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
-    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
-    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
-    <memballoon model='none'/>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 6ec486bdfc..fa58c7d0ef 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1376,7 +1376,6 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("disk-device-lun-type-invalid",
                         QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_SCSI);
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST_PARSE_ERROR("disk-attaching-partition-nosupport");
-    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR_NOCAPS("disk-usb-nosupport");
     DO_TEST("disk-usb-device",
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_USB_STORAGE);
     DO_TEST("disk-usb-device-removable",