diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/master-key.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/master-key.args
deleted file mode 100644
index 986804c79b..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/master-key.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-i386 \
--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 2,sockets=2,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 \
--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 \
--audiodev '{"id":"audio1","driver":"none"}' \
--msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/master-key.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/master-key.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ecf8a2db85..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/master-key.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-<domain type='qemu'>
-  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
-  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
-  <memory unit='KiB'>219136</memory>
-  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219136</currentMemory>
-  <vcpu placement='static'>2</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='block' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
-      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
-    <controller type='usb' index='0'/>
-    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
-    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
-    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
-    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
-    <memballoon model='none'/>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 0c4d4d8b07..995b588df3 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -2542,7 +2542,6 @@ mymain(void)
 
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("name-escape");
 
-    DO_TEST_NOCAPS("master-key");
     DO_TEST("usb-long-port-path",
             QEMU_CAPS_USB_HUB);
     DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("usb-too-long-port-path-invalid",