diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/mlock-off.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/mlock-off.args
deleted file mode 100644
index aa41fb6eb8..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/mlock-off.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-LC_ALL=C \
-PATH=/bin \
-HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1 \
-USER=test \
-LOGNAME=test \
-XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.local/share \
-XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.cache \
-XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
-QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686 \
--name QEMUGuest1 \
--S \
--machine pc,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
--m 214 \
--realtime mlock=off \
--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
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/mlock-unsupported.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/mlock-unsupported.args
deleted file mode 100644
index c347035698..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/mlock-unsupported.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-LC_ALL=C \
-PATH=/bin \
-HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1 \
-USER=test \
-LOGNAME=test \
-XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.local/share \
-XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.cache \
-XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
-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
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/mlock-unsupported.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/mlock-unsupported.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 16400bae67..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/mlock-unsupported.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +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>
-  <devices>
-    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686</emulator>
-    <memballoon model='none'/>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 2bc892d891..fdfe993901 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -2399,11 +2399,6 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCIE_ROOT_PORT,
             QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_PCI_DISABLE_LEGACY);
 
-    DO_TEST("mlock-on", QEMU_CAPS_REALTIME_MLOCK);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("mlock-on", NONE);
-    DO_TEST("mlock-off", QEMU_CAPS_REALTIME_MLOCK);
-    DO_TEST("mlock-unsupported", NONE);
-
     DO_TEST_CAPS_VER("mlock-on", "3.0.0");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_VER("mlock-off", "3.0.0");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("mlock-on");