diff --git a/tests/securityselinuxhelper.c b/tests/securityselinuxhelper.c
index c32c90c17e..e5ded96485 100644
--- a/tests/securityselinuxhelper.c
+++ b/tests/securityselinuxhelper.c
@@ -131,21 +131,6 @@ int getpidcon(pid_t pid, char **context)
     return getpidcon_raw(pid, context);
 }
 
-int setcon_raw(const char *context)
-{
-    if (!is_selinux_enabled()) {
-        errno = EINVAL;
-        return -1;
-    }
-    return g_setenv("FAKE_SELINUX_CONTEXT", context, TRUE) == TRUE ? 0 : -1;
-}
-
-int setcon(const char *context)
-{
-    return setcon_raw(context);
-}
-
-
 int setfilecon_raw(const char *path, const char *con)
 {
     const char *constr = con;
@@ -209,16 +194,6 @@ int is_selinux_enabled(void)
     return getenv("FAKE_SELINUX_DISABLED") == NULL;
 }
 
-int security_disable(void)
-{
-    if (!is_selinux_enabled()) {
-        errno = ENOENT;
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    return g_setenv("FAKE_SELINUX_DISABLED", "1", TRUE) == TRUE ? 0 : -1;
-}
-
 int security_getenforce(void)
 {
     if (!is_selinux_enabled()) {
diff --git a/tests/securityselinuxlabeltest.c b/tests/securityselinuxlabeltest.c
index 43db128b3a..666e942630 100644
--- a/tests/securityselinuxlabeltest.c
+++ b/tests/securityselinuxlabeltest.c
@@ -333,7 +333,10 @@ mymain(void)
     if (virTestRun("Labelling " # name, testSELinuxLabeling, name) < 0) \
         ret = -1;
 
-    setcon("system_r:system_u:libvirtd_t:s0:c0.c1023");
+    if (!g_setenv("FAKE_SELINUX_CONTEXT", "system_r:system_u:libvirtd_t:s0:c0.c1023", TRUE)) {
+        perror("Cannot set process security context");
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
 
     DO_TEST_LABELING("disks");
     DO_TEST_LABELING("kernel");
diff --git a/tests/securityselinuxtest.c b/tests/securityselinuxtest.c
index 6aadc6154f..a4b2c3683d 100644
--- a/tests/securityselinuxtest.c
+++ b/tests/securityselinuxtest.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ testSELinuxGenLabel(const void *opaque)
     context_t con = NULL;
     context_t imgcon = NULL;
 
-    if (setcon_raw(data->pidcon) < 0) {
+    if (!g_setenv("FAKE_SELINUX_CONTEXT", data->pidcon, TRUE)) {
         perror("Cannot set process security context");
         return -1;
     }
diff --git a/tests/viridentitytest.c b/tests/viridentitytest.c
index 74e3a03619..a971f8bd18 100644
--- a/tests/viridentitytest.c
+++ b/tests/viridentitytest.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static int testIdentityGetSystem(const void *data)
 static int testSetFakeSELinuxContext(const void *data G_GNUC_UNUSED)
 {
 #if WITH_SELINUX
-    return setcon_raw(data);
+    return g_setenv("FAKE_SELINUX_CONTEXT", data, TRUE) == TRUE ? 0 : -1;
 #else
     VIR_DEBUG("libvirt not compiled with SELinux, skipping this test");
     return EXIT_AM_SKIP;
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static int testSetFakeSELinuxContext(const void *data G_GNUC_UNUSED)
 static int testDisableFakeSELinux(const void *data G_GNUC_UNUSED)
 {
 #if WITH_SELINUX
-    return security_disable();
+    return g_setenv("FAKE_SELINUX_DISABLED", "1", TRUE) == TRUE ? 0 : -1;
 #else
     VIR_DEBUG("libvirt not compiled with SELinux, skipping this test");
     return EXIT_AM_SKIP;