diff --git a/tests/cputest.c b/tests/cputest.c
index 0d7f3ec7c4..7f27521a6e 100644
--- a/tests/cputest.c
+++ b/tests/cputest.c
@@ -792,8 +792,6 @@ mymain(void)
     /* computing guest data and decoding the data into a guest CPU XML */
     DO_TEST_GUESTDATA("x86", "host", "guest", NULL, NULL, 0);
     DO_TEST_GUESTDATA("x86", "host-better", "pentium3", NULL, NULL, 0);
-    DO_TEST_GUESTDATA("x86", "host-better", "pentium3", NULL, "pentium3", 0);
-    DO_TEST_GUESTDATA("x86", "host-better", "pentium3", NULL, "core2duo", 0);
     DO_TEST_GUESTDATA("x86", "host-worse", "guest", NULL, NULL, 0);
     DO_TEST_GUESTDATA("x86", "host", "strict-force-extra", NULL, NULL, 0);
     DO_TEST_GUESTDATA("x86", "host", "penryn-force", NULL, NULL, 0);
diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/x86-host-better+pentium3,core2duo-result.xml b/tests/cputestdata/x86-host-better+pentium3,core2duo-result.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bf691c34b..0000000000
--- a/tests/cputestdata/x86-host-better+pentium3,core2duo-result.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
-  <arch>x86_64</arch>
-  <model fallback='allow'>core2duo</model>
-  <feature policy='require' name='ds'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='acpi'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='ss'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='ht'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='tm'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='pbe'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='ds_cpl'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='vmx'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='est'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='tm2'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='cx16'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='xtpr'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='dca'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='sse4.1'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='sse4.2'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='popcnt'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='lahf_lm'/>
-</cpu>
diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/x86-host-better+pentium3,pentium3-result.xml b/tests/cputestdata/x86-host-better+pentium3,pentium3-result.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d1d0c4b1e3..0000000000
--- a/tests/cputestdata/x86-host-better+pentium3,pentium3-result.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-<cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
-  <arch>x86_64</arch>
-  <model fallback='allow'>pentium3</model>
-  <feature policy='require' name='apic'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='clflush'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='ds'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='acpi'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='sse2'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='ss'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='ht'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='tm'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='pbe'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='pni'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='monitor'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='ds_cpl'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='vmx'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='est'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='tm2'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='ssse3'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='cx16'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='xtpr'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='dca'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='sse4.1'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='sse4.2'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='popcnt'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='syscall'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='nx'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='lm'/>
-  <feature policy='require' name='lahf_lm'/>
-</cpu>