diff --git a/tests/virstoragetest.c b/tests/virstoragetest.c
index 8d3dde265f..34aff3e6dd 100644
--- a/tests/virstoragetest.c
+++ b/tests/virstoragetest.c
@@ -525,16 +525,10 @@ mymain(void)
     /* qcow2 with a longer backing chain */
     TEST_CHAIN("qcow2-qcow2_qcow2-qcow2_raw-raw", abswrap, VIR_STORAGE_FILE_QCOW2, EXP_PASS);
 
-    /* Rewrite qcow2 to a missing backing file, with backing type */
-    virCommandFree(cmd);
-    cmd = virCommandNewArgList(qemuimg, "rebase", "-u", "-f", "qcow2",
-                               "-F", "qcow2", "-b", datadir "/bogus",
-                               "qcow2", NULL);
-    if (virCommandRun(cmd, NULL) < 0)
-        ret = -1;
-
     /* Qcow2 file with missing backing file but specified type */
-    TEST_CHAIN("qcow2-qcow2_missing", absqcow2, VIR_STORAGE_FILE_QCOW2, EXP_FAIL);
+    TEST_CHAIN("qcow2-qcow2_missing",
+               abs_srcdir "/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_qcow2-missing.qcow2",
+               VIR_STORAGE_FILE_QCOW2, EXP_FAIL);
 
     /* Qcow2 file with backing protocol instead of file */
     TEST_CHAIN("qcow2-qcow2_nbd-raw",
diff --git a/tests/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_qcow2-missing.qcow2 b/tests/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_qcow2-missing.qcow2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb9afb25dc
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_qcow2-missing.qcow2 differ