diff --git a/tests/libvirtd-pool b/tests/libvirtd-pool
deleted file mode 100755
index 4be65c68fe..0000000000
--- a/tests/libvirtd-pool
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# Get coverage of virsh pool-define-as XML formatting
-
-. "$(dirname $0)/test-lib.sh"
-
-if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
-  set -x
-  $abs_top_builddir/tools/virsh --version
-fi
-
-fail=0
-
-pwd=$(pwd) || fail=1
-
-$abs_top_builddir/tools/virsh --connect test:///default \
-  pool-define-as --print-xml \
-  P dir src-host /src/path /src/dev S /target-path \
-  1>out 2>&1
-
-cat <<EOF > pool-list-exp
-<pool type='dir'>
-  <name>P</name>
-  <source>
-    <host name='src-host'/>
-    <dir path='/src/path'/>
-    <device path='/src/dev'/>
-    <name>S</name>
-  </source>
-  <target>
-    <path>/target-path</path>
-  </target>
-</pool>
-
-EOF
-
-compare pool-list-exp out || fail=1
-
-exit $fail
diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
index c760fe68d9..68f7635df9 100644
--- a/tests/meson.build
+++ b/tests/meson.build
@@ -689,7 +689,6 @@ test_scripts = []
 if conf.has('WITH_LIBVIRTD')
   test_scripts += [
     'libvirtd-fail',
-    'libvirtd-pool',
     'virsh-auth',
     'virsh-self-test',
     'virsh-uriprecedence',
diff --git a/tests/virshtest.c b/tests/virshtest.c
index 49e7268595..72c6302a54 100644
--- a/tests/virshtest.c
+++ b/tests/virshtest.c
@@ -304,6 +304,9 @@ mymain(void)
 
     DO_TEST_FULL("domain-id-overflow", NULL, VIRSH_CUSTOM, "-q", "domname", "4294967298");
     DO_TEST_FULL("schedinfo-invalid-argument", NULL, VIRSH_DEFAULT, "schedinfo", "1", "--set", "j=k");
+    DO_TEST_FULL("pool-define-as", NULL, VIRSH_DEFAULT, "-q",
+                 "pool-define-as", "--print-xml", "P", "dir", "src-host",
+                 "/src/path", "/src/dev", "S", "/target-path");
 
     DO_TEST_SCRIPT("snapshot", "<creationTime", VIRSH_DEFAULT);
     DO_TEST_FULL("snapshot-redefine", NULL, VIRSH_DEFAULT,
diff --git a/tests/virshtestdata/pool-define-as.out b/tests/virshtestdata/pool-define-as.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dade8b958c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/virshtestdata/pool-define-as.out
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<pool type='dir'>
+  <name>P</name>
+  <source>
+    <host name='src-host'/>
+    <dir path='/src/path'/>
+    <device path='/src/dev'/>
+    <name>S</name>
+  </source>
+  <target>
+    <path>/target-path</path>
+  </target>
+</pool>