diff --git a/m4/virt-jansson.m4 b/m4/virt-jansson.m4
index ab4c020f62..206d6a5ced 100644
--- a/m4/virt-jansson.m4
+++ b/m4/virt-jansson.m4
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_ARG_JANSSON],[
 AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_CHECK_JANSSON],[
   dnl Jansson http://www.digip.org/jansson/
   LIBVIRT_CHECK_PKG([JANSSON], [jansson], [2.5])
-  dnl Older versions of Jansson did not preserve the order of object keys
-  dnl use this check to guard the tests that are sensitive to this
-  LIBVIRT_CHECK_PKG([STABLE_ORDERING_JANSSON], [jansson], [2.8], [true])
 ])
 
 AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_RESULT_JANSSON],[
diff --git a/tests/qemublocktest.c b/tests/qemublocktest.c
index d22b4b754e..9a387cf063 100644
--- a/tests/qemublocktest.c
+++ b/tests/qemublocktest.c
@@ -337,11 +337,6 @@ mymain(void)
     char *capslatest_x86_64 = NULL;
     virQEMUCapsPtr caps_x86_64 = NULL;
 
-#if !WITH_STABLE_ORDERING_JANSSON
-    fputs("libvirt not compiled with recent enough Jansson, skipping this test\n", stderr);
-    return EXIT_AM_SKIP;
-#endif
-
     if (qemuTestDriverInit(&driver) < 0)
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
 
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiestest.c b/tests/qemucapabilitiestest.c
index 28f903a88c..641ec4f597 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiestest.c
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiestest.c
@@ -141,11 +141,6 @@ mymain(void)
     int ret = 0;
     testQemuData data;
 
-#if !WITH_STABLE_ORDERING_JANSSON
-    fputs("libvirt not compiled with recent enough Jansson, skipping this test\n", stderr);
-    return EXIT_AM_SKIP;
-#endif
-
 #if !WITH_JANSSON
     fputs("libvirt not compiled with JSON support, skipping this test\n", stderr);
     return EXIT_AM_SKIP;
diff --git a/tests/qemucommandutiltest.c b/tests/qemucommandutiltest.c
index 9b13dde63f..8e57a1b79d 100644
--- a/tests/qemucommandutiltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemucommandutiltest.c
@@ -76,11 +76,6 @@ mymain(void)
     int ret = 0;
     testQemuCommandBuildObjectFromJSONData data1;
 
-#if !WITH_STABLE_ORDERING_JANSSON
-    fputs("libvirt not compiled with recent enough Jansson, skipping this test\n", stderr);
-    return EXIT_AM_SKIP;
-#endif
-
 #if !WITH_JANSSON
     fputs("libvirt not compiled with JSON support, skipping this test\n", stderr);
     return EXIT_AM_SKIP;
diff --git a/tests/qemuhotplugtest.c b/tests/qemuhotplugtest.c
index 3c0eecb079..2fb96c6158 100644
--- a/tests/qemuhotplugtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuhotplugtest.c
@@ -593,11 +593,6 @@ mymain(void)
     struct qemuHotplugTestData data = {0};
     struct testQemuHotplugCpuParams cpudata;
 
-#if !WITH_STABLE_ORDERING_JANSSON
-    fputs("libvirt not compiled with recent enough Jansson, skipping this test\n", stderr);
-    return EXIT_AM_SKIP;
-#endif
-
 #if !WITH_JANSSON
     fputs("libvirt not compiled with JSON support, skipping this test\n", stderr);
     return EXIT_AM_SKIP;
diff --git a/tests/qemumigparamstest.c b/tests/qemumigparamstest.c
index 5e12430991..b8af68211b 100644
--- a/tests/qemumigparamstest.c
+++ b/tests/qemumigparamstest.c
@@ -203,11 +203,6 @@ mymain(void)
     virQEMUDriver driver;
     int ret = 0;
 
-#if !WITH_STABLE_ORDERING_JANSSON
-    fputs("libvirt not compiled with recent enough Jansson, skipping this test\n", stderr);
-    return EXIT_AM_SKIP;
-#endif
-
 #if !WITH_JANSSON
     fputs("libvirt not compiled with JSON support, skipping this test\n", stderr);
     return EXIT_AM_SKIP;
diff --git a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
index 1826c4f297..c11615f7ac 100644
--- a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
+++ b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
@@ -2863,11 +2863,6 @@ mymain(void)
     virJSONValuePtr metaschema = NULL;
     char *metaschemastr = NULL;
 
-#if !WITH_STABLE_ORDERING_JANSSON
-    fputs("libvirt not compiled with recent enough Jansson, skipping this test\n", stderr);
-    return EXIT_AM_SKIP;
-#endif
-
 #if !WITH_JANSSON
     fputs("libvirt not compiled with JSON support, skipping this test\n", stderr);
     return EXIT_AM_SKIP;
diff --git a/tests/virjsontest.c b/tests/virjsontest.c
index d352d370fd..d42413d11d 100644
--- a/tests/virjsontest.c
+++ b/tests/virjsontest.c
@@ -479,11 +479,6 @@ mymain(void)
 {
     int ret = 0;
 
-#if !WITH_STABLE_ORDERING_JANSSON
-    fputs("libvirt not compiled with recent enough Jansson, skipping this test\n", stderr);
-    return EXIT_AM_SKIP;
-#endif
-
 #define DO_TEST_FULL(name, cmd, doc, expect, pass) \
     do { \
         struct testInfo info = { doc, expect, pass }; \
diff --git a/tests/virmacmaptest.c b/tests/virmacmaptest.c
index 420531dcdb..6e3e9984d1 100644
--- a/tests/virmacmaptest.c
+++ b/tests/virmacmaptest.c
@@ -157,11 +157,6 @@ mymain(void)
     int ret = 0;
     virMacMapPtr mgr = NULL;
 
-#if !WITH_STABLE_ORDERING_JANSSON
-    fputs("libvirt not compiled with recent enough Jansson, skipping this test\n", stderr);
-    return EXIT_AM_SKIP;
-#endif
-
 #define DO_TEST_BASIC(f, d, ...) \
     do { \
         const char * const m[] = {__VA_ARGS__, NULL }; \
diff --git a/tests/virnetdaemontest.c b/tests/virnetdaemontest.c
index 277fb06385..cbc961dbaf 100644
--- a/tests/virnetdaemontest.c
+++ b/tests/virnetdaemontest.c
@@ -375,11 +375,6 @@ mymain(void)
     int ret = 0;
     const char *server_names[] = { "testServer0", "testServer1" };
 
-# if !WITH_STABLE_ORDERING_JANSSON
-    fputs("libvirt not compiled with recent enough Jansson, skipping this test\n", stderr);
-    return EXIT_AM_SKIP;
-# endif
-
     if (virInitialize() < 0 ||
         virEventRegisterDefaultImpl() < 0) {
         virDispatchError(NULL);