diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-shared.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-shared.args
deleted file mode 100644
index 550708c3b3..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-shared.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-LC_ALL=C \
-PATH=/bin \
-HOME=/home/test \
-USER=test \
-LOGNAME=test \
-QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686 \
--name QEMUGuest1 \
--S \
--machine pc,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
--m 214 \
--smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
--uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
--display none \
--no-user-config \
--nodefaults \
--chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
-server,nowait \
--mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
--rtc base=utc \
--no-shutdown \
--no-acpi \
--usb \
--drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0,\
-cache=none \
--device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,\
-bootindex=1,serial=XYZXYZXYZYXXYZYZYXYZY \
--drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-1-0,\
-media=cdrom,readonly=on \
--device ide-drive,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-1-0,id=ide0-1-0 \
--device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 5022061e04..c3f4640044 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1105,7 +1105,6 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("disk-fmt-cow", NONE);
     DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("disk-fmt-dir", NONE);
     DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("disk-fmt-iso", NONE);
-    DO_TEST_WITH_STARTUP("disk-shared", NONE);
     DO_TEST_CAPS_VER("disk-shared", "2.12.0");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("disk-shared");
     DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("disk-shared-qcow", NONE);
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2startupxmloutdata/disk-shared.xml b/tests/qemuxml2startupxmloutdata/disk-shared.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 60b7eca788..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2startupxmloutdata/disk-shared.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-<domain type='qemu'>
-  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
-  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
-  <memory unit='KiB'>219136</memory>
-  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219136</currentMemory>
-  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
-  <os>
-    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
-    <boot dev='hd'/>
-  </os>
-  <clock offset='utc'/>
-  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
-  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
-  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
-  <devices>
-    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686</emulator>
-    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none'/>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
-      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
-      <shareable/>
-      <serial>XYZXYZXYZYXXYZYZYXYZY</serial>
-      <alias name='ide0-0-0'/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
-    <disk type='block' device='cdrom'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2'/>
-      <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
-      <readonly/>
-      <alias name='ide0-1-0'/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
-    <controller type='usb' index='0'>
-      <alias name='usb'/>
-      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
-    </controller>
-    <controller type='ide' index='0'>
-      <alias name='ide'/>
-      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
-    </controller>
-    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'>
-      <alias name='pci.0'/>
-    </controller>
-    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'>
-      <alias name='input0'/>
-    </input>
-    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'>
-      <alias name='input1'/>
-    </input>
-    <memballoon model='virtio'>
-      <alias name='balloon0'/>
-      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
-    </memballoon>
-  </devices>
-</domain>