diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-bios.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-bios.xml
index 0abbddb22e..1318f68243 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-bios.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-bios.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
   <os firmware='bios'>
     <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-4.0'>hvm</type>
     <loader secure='no'/>
-    <nvram>/some/user/nvram/path/guest_VARS.fd</nvram>
   </os>
   <features>
     <acpi/>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-loader-secure.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-loader-secure.x86_64-latest.args
index 37564db12c..7479b05af4 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-loader-secure.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-loader-secure.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-fedora/.config \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-fedora/master-key.aes"}' \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
--blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/some/user/nvram/path/guest_VARS.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
+-blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/fedora_VARS.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash1-storage"}' \
 -machine pc-q35-4.0,usb=off,smm=on,dump-guest-core=off,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format,memory-backend=pc.ram \
 -accel kvm \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-loader-secure.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-loader-secure.xml
index 1b94c25f32..34fa6d090e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-loader-secure.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi-loader-secure.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
   <os firmware='efi'>
     <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-4.0'>hvm</type>
     <loader secure='yes'/>
-    <nvram>/some/user/nvram/path/guest_VARS.fd</nvram>
   </os>
   <features>
     <acpi/>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi.x86_64-latest.args
index 51aa5c0303..885c83445d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-fedora/.config \
 -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-fedora/master-key.aes"}' \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
--blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/some/user/nvram/path/guest_VARS.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
+-blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/fedora_VARS.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash1-storage"}' \
 -machine pc-q35-4.0,usb=off,smm=on,dump-guest-core=off,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format,memory-backend=pc.ram \
 -accel kvm \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi.xml
index b92277ddbe..33bd7b0ac1 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/firmware-auto-efi.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
   <os firmware='efi'>
     <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-4.0'>hvm</type>
     <loader secure='no'/>
-    <nvram>/some/user/nvram/path/guest_VARS.fd</nvram>
   </os>
   <features>
     <acpi/>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/firmware-auto-bios.x86_64-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/firmware-auto-bios.x86_64-latest.xml
index c43f3b1147..b744234cf1 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/firmware-auto-bios.x86_64-latest.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/firmware-auto-bios.x86_64-latest.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   <os firmware='bios'>
     <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-4.0'>hvm</type>
     <loader secure='no'/>
-    <nvram>/some/user/nvram/path/guest_VARS.fd</nvram>
     <boot dev='hd'/>
   </os>
   <features>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/firmware-auto-efi-loader-secure.x86_64-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/firmware-auto-efi-loader-secure.x86_64-latest.xml
index 709fd42aa6..26e30d7f64 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/firmware-auto-efi-loader-secure.x86_64-latest.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/firmware-auto-efi-loader-secure.x86_64-latest.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   <os firmware='efi'>
     <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-4.0'>hvm</type>
     <loader secure='yes'/>
-    <nvram>/some/user/nvram/path/guest_VARS.fd</nvram>
     <boot dev='hd'/>
   </os>
   <features>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/firmware-auto-efi.x86_64-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/firmware-auto-efi.x86_64-latest.xml
index b152b3ef87..35d49b7c62 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/firmware-auto-efi.x86_64-latest.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/firmware-auto-efi.x86_64-latest.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   <os firmware='efi'>
     <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-4.0'>hvm</type>
     <loader secure='no'/>
-    <nvram>/some/user/nvram/path/guest_VARS.fd</nvram>
     <boot dev='hd'/>
   </os>
   <features>