diff --git a/tests/qemuagenttest.c b/tests/qemuagenttest.c
index 41a0196c46..af7c936c8b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuagenttest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuagenttest.c
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
 
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_NONE
 
+
+virQEMUDriver driver;
+
+
 static int
 testQemuAgentFSFreeze(const void *data)
 {
@@ -167,7 +171,6 @@ static int
 testQemuAgentGetFSInfo(const void *data)
 {
     virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt = (virDomainXMLOptionPtr)data;
-    virCapsPtr caps = testQemuCapsInit();
     qemuMonitorTestPtr test = qemuMonitorTestNewAgent(xmlopt);
     char *domain_filename = NULL;
     virDomainDefPtr def = NULL;
@@ -181,7 +184,7 @@ testQemuAgentGetFSInfo(const void *data)
                     abs_srcdir) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (!(def = virDomainDefParseFile(domain_filename, caps, xmlopt,
+    if (!(def = virDomainDefParseFile(domain_filename, driver.caps, xmlopt,
                                       NULL, VIR_DOMAIN_DEF_PARSE_INACTIVE)))
         goto cleanup;
 
@@ -293,7 +296,6 @@ testQemuAgentGetFSInfo(const void *data)
         virDomainFSInfoFree(info[i]);
     VIR_FREE(info);
     VIR_FREE(domain_filename);
-    virObjectUnref(caps);
     virDomainDefFree(def);
     qemuMonitorTestFree(test);
     return ret;
@@ -903,7 +905,6 @@ testQemuAgentGetInterfaces(const void *data)
 static int
 mymain(void)
 {
-    virQEMUDriver driver;
     int ret = 0;
 
 #if !WITH_YAJL
diff --git a/tests/securityselinuxlabeltest.c b/tests/securityselinuxlabeltest.c
index d4ef9831ad..3e134991f2 100644
--- a/tests/securityselinuxlabeltest.c
+++ b/tests/securityselinuxlabeltest.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 
 VIR_LOG_INIT("tests.securityselinuxlabeltest");
 
-static virCapsPtr caps;
 static virQEMUDriver driver;
 
 static virSecurityManagerPtr mgr;
@@ -189,7 +188,8 @@ testSELinuxLoadDef(const char *testname)
                     abs_srcdir, testname) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (!(def = virDomainDefParseFile(xmlfile, caps, driver.xmlopt, NULL, 0)))
+    if (!(def = virDomainDefParseFile(xmlfile, driver.caps, driver.xmlopt,
+                                      NULL, 0)))
         goto cleanup;
 
     for (i = 0; i < def->ndisks; i++) {
@@ -357,9 +357,6 @@ mymain(void)
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
 
-    if ((caps = testQemuCapsInit()) == NULL)
-        return EXIT_FAILURE;
-
     if (qemuTestDriverInit(&driver) < 0)
         return EXIT_FAILURE;