diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/disk-network-ssh-key.xml b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/disk-network-ssh-key.xml
index 6328a9b7ef..1277a9b3cf 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/disk-network-ssh-key.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/disk-network-ssh-key.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
       <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
       <source protocol='ssh' name='test1.img'>
         <host name='example.org' port='2222'/>
-        <timeout seconds='1234'/>
-        <readahead size='1024'/>
         <identity username='myuser' agentsock='/path/to/agent/socket'/>
         <knownHosts path="/path/to/ssh_known_hosts1"/>
       </source>
@@ -28,8 +26,6 @@
       <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
       <source protocol='ssh' name='test2.img'>
         <host name='example.org' port='2222'/>
-        <timeout seconds='1234'/>
-        <readahead size='1024'/>
         <identity username='myuser2' keyfile='/path/to/id_rsa'/>
         <knownHosts path="/path/to/ssh_known_hosts2"/>
       </source>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/disk-network-ssh-password.xml b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/disk-network-ssh-password.xml
index bdb4cf6e35..1ba0cb094c 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/disk-network-ssh-password.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/disk-network-ssh-password.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
       <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
       <source protocol='ssh' name='test2.img'>
         <host name='example.org' port='2222'/>
-        <timeout seconds='1234'/>
-        <readahead size='1024'/>
         <auth username='testuser'>
           <secret type='iscsi' usage='mycluster_myname'/>
         </auth>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/disk-network-ssh.xml b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/disk-network-ssh.xml
index a3aeca0c99..f5956fcc6f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/disk-network-ssh.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/disk-network-ssh.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
       <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
       <source protocol='ssh' name='test.img'>
         <host name='example.org' port='2222'/>
-        <timeout seconds='1234'/>
-        <readahead size='1024'/>
         <knownHosts path="/path/to/ssh_known_hosts"/>
       </source>
       <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>