diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/video-qxl-nodevice.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/video-qxl-nodevice.args
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ef92283df..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/video-qxl-nodevice.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-LC_ALL=C \
-PATH=/bin \
-HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1 \
-USER=test \
-LOGNAME=test \
-XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.local/share \
-XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.cache \
-XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
-QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-/usr/bin/qemu-system-i386 \
--name QEMUGuest1 \
--S \
--machine pc,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
--m 1024 \
--realtime mlock=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,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server=on,wait=off \
--mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
--rtc base=utc \
--no-shutdown \
--no-acpi \
--usb \
--drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/QEMUGuest1,format=qcow2,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0,cache=none \
--device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1 \
--vga qxl \
--global qxl-vga.ram_size=67108864 \
--global qxl-vga.vram_size=67108864 \
--device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/video-qxl-nodevice.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/video-qxl-nodevice.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d52fdf0fa0..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/video-qxl-nodevice.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-<domain type='qemu'>
-  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
-  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
-  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
-  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
-  <vcpu>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='file' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/>
-      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/QEMUGuest1'/>
-      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
-    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
-    <video>
-      <model type='qxl' heads='1'/>
-    </video>
-    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/video-vga-nodevice.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/video-vga-nodevice.args
deleted file mode 100644
index c290c203e5..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/video-vga-nodevice.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-LC_ALL=C \
-PATH=/bin \
-HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1 \
-USER=test \
-LOGNAME=test \
-XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.local/share \
-XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.cache \
-XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
-QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-/usr/bin/qemu-system-i386 \
--name QEMUGuest1 \
--S \
--machine pc,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
--m 1024 \
--realtime mlock=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,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server=on,wait=off \
--mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
--rtc base=utc \
--no-shutdown \
--no-acpi \
--usb \
--drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/QEMUGuest1,format=qcow2,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0,cache=none \
--device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1 \
--vga std \
--device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/video-vga-nodevice.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/video-vga-nodevice.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e2080af0d..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/video-vga-nodevice.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-<domain type='qemu'>
-  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
-  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
-  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
-  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
-  <vcpu>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='file' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/>
-      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/QEMUGuest1'/>
-      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
-    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
-    <video>
-      <model type='vga' vram='16384' heads='1'/>
-    </video>
-    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 1a94c26070..9b8c0cba70 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -2458,12 +2458,10 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_VNC,
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIDEO_PRIMARY,
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_QXL);
-    DO_TEST("video-vga-nodevice", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VGA);
     DO_TEST("video-vga-device", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VGA,
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIDEO_PRIMARY);
     DO_TEST("video-vga-device-vgamem", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VGA,
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIDEO_PRIMARY, QEMU_CAPS_VGA_VGAMEM);
-    DO_TEST("video-qxl-nodevice", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_QXL);
     DO_TEST("video-qxl-device",
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_QXL,
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIDEO_PRIMARY);