diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/cpu-numa-memshared.err b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/cpu-numa-memshared.err
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--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/cpu-numa-memshared.err
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-unsupported configuration: this qemu doesn't support the memory-backend-file object
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/numatune-memnode-no-memory.err b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/numatune-memnode-no-memory.err
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index 1d5e57f996..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/numatune-memnode-no-memory.err
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-unsupported configuration: Per-node memory binding is not supported with this QEMU
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pseries-vio-address-clash.err b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pseries-vio-address-clash.err
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index e4eed76f23..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pseries-vio-address-clash.err
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-XML error: spapr-vio address 0x4000 already in use