diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/cpu-host-model.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/cpu-host-model.args
deleted file mode 100644
index a35822ada3..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/cpu-host-model.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-LC_ALL=C \
-PATH=/bin \
-HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-QEMUGuest1 \
-USER=test \
-LOGNAME=test \
-XDG_DATA_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.local/share \
-XDG_CACHE_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.cache \
-XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
-/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
--name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
--S \
--object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes \
--machine q35,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
--accel kvm \
--cpu core2duo,ds=on,acpi=on,ss=on,ht=on,tm=on,pbe=on,ds-cpl=on,vmx=on,est=on,tm2=on,cx16=on,xtpr=on,lahf-lm=on \
--m size=219136k \
--overcommit mem-lock=off \
--smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
--uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
--display none \
--no-user-config \
--nodefaults \
--chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server=on,wait=off \
--mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
--rtc base=utc \
--no-shutdown \
--no-acpi \
--boot strict=on \
--device i82801b11-bridge,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1e \
--device pci-bridge,chassis_nr=2,id=pci.2,bus=pci.1,addr=0x0 \
--device ioh3420,port=8,chassis=3,id=pci.3,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1 \
--device ich9-usb-ehci1,id=usb,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1d.0x7 \
--device ich9-usb-uhci1,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=0,bus=pcie.0,multifunction=on,addr=0x1d \
--device ich9-usb-uhci2,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=2,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1d.0x1 \
--device ich9-usb-uhci3,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=4,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1d.0x2 \
--audiodev '{"id":"audio1","driver":"none"}' \
--global ICH9-LPC.noreboot=off \
--watchdog-action reset \
--device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.2,addr=0x1 \
--msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/graphics-egl-headless.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/graphics-egl-headless.args
deleted file mode 100644
index e5ea7bcf2b..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/graphics-egl-headless.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-LC_ALL=C \
-PATH=/bin \
-HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-QEMUGuest1 \
-USER=test \
-LOGNAME=test \
-XDG_DATA_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.local/share \
-XDG_CACHE_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.cache \
-XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
-/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
--name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
--S \
--object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes \
--machine pc,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
--accel tcg \
--m size=219136k \
--overcommit mem-lock=off \
--smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
--uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
--no-user-config \
--nodefaults \
--chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server=on,wait=off \
--mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
--rtc base=utc \
--no-shutdown \
--no-acpi \
--boot strict=on \
--usb \
--blockdev '{"driver":"host_device","filename":"/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1","node-name":"libvirt-1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
--blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-1-storage"}' \
--device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=libvirt-1-format,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1 \
--display egl-headless \
--device cirrus-vga,id=video0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 \
--msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 870902868b..07cc2f9bef 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1292,9 +1292,6 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_CAPS_VER("disk-virtio-scsi-reservations", "5.2.0");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("disk-virtio-scsi-reservations");
 
-    DO_TEST("graphics-egl-headless",
-            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_CIRRUS_VGA,
-            QEMU_CAPS_EGL_HEADLESS);
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("graphics-egl-headless");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("graphics-egl-headless-rendernode");
 
@@ -1745,12 +1742,6 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR_NOCAPS("cpu-numa3");
     DO_TEST_NOCAPS("cpu-numa-disjoint");
     DO_TEST_NOCAPS("cpu-numa-memshared");
-    DO_TEST("cpu-host-model",
-            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCI_BRIDGE,
-            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_DMI_TO_PCI_BRIDGE,
-            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_IOH3420,
-            QEMU_CAPS_ICH9_AHCI,
-            QEMU_CAPS_ICH9_USB_EHCI1);
 
     /* host-model cpu expansion depends on the cpu reported by qemu and thus
      * we invoke it for all real capability dumps we have */