diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-host.err b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-host.err
deleted file mode 100644
index 448d5da391..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-host.err
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-unsupported configuration: gic-version option is not available with this QEMU binary
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-v3.err b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-v3.err
deleted file mode 100644
index 448d5da391..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-gic-v3.err
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-unsupported configuration: gic-version option is not available with this QEMU binary
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 2f35b54794..d6c4eb038d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -3051,8 +3051,6 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_GIC("aarch64-gic-v2", GIC_BOTH,
             QEMU_CAPS_KVM,
             QEMU_CAPS_MACH_VIRT_GIC_VERSION);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("aarch64-gic-v3",
-            QEMU_CAPS_KVM, NONE);
     DO_TEST_GIC("aarch64-gic-v3", GIC_NONE,
             QEMU_CAPS_KVM,
             QEMU_CAPS_MACH_VIRT_GIC_VERSION);
@@ -3065,8 +3063,6 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_GIC("aarch64-gic-v3", GIC_BOTH,
             QEMU_CAPS_KVM,
             QEMU_CAPS_MACH_VIRT_GIC_VERSION);
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE("aarch64-gic-host",
-            QEMU_CAPS_KVM, NONE);
     DO_TEST_GIC("aarch64-gic-host", GIC_NONE,
             QEMU_CAPS_KVM,
             QEMU_CAPS_MACH_VIRT_GIC_VERSION);