diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/panic-isa.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/panic-isa.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 34e8bd7a01..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/panic-isa.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +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-i386</emulator>
-    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
-      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
-    <controller type='usb' index='0'/>
-    <controller type='fdc' index='0'/>
-    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
-    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
-    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
-    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
-    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
-    <panic model='isa'>
-      <address type='isa' iobase='0x505'/>
-    </panic>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index a8be510523..b0a1212a54 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -1071,7 +1071,6 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_Q35_PCI_HOLE64_SIZE);
 
     DO_TEST("panic", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PANIC);
-    DO_TEST("panic-isa", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PANIC);
     DO_TEST("panic-pseries",
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_SPAPR_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE);
     DO_TEST("panic-double", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PANIC);