diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-dev.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-dev.args
deleted file mode 100644
index 82df959035..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-dev.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +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 \
--M pc \
--m 214 \
--smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
--uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
--nographic \
--nodefaults \
--chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
-server,nowait \
--mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
--no-acpi \
--boot c \
--usb \
--drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
--device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0 \
--serial /dev/ttyS2
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-dev.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-dev.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 42e48ad91e..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-dev.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-<domain type='qemu'>
-  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
-  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
-  <memory unit='KiB'>219100</memory>
-  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219100</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'/>
-      <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='ide' index='0'/>
-    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
-    <serial type='dev'>
-      <source path='/dev/ttyS2'/>
-      <target port='0'/>
-    </serial>
-    <console type='dev'>
-      <source path='/dev/ttyS2'/>
-      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
-    </console>
-    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
-    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
-    <memballoon model='none'/>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-file.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-file.args
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a1d3503ac..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-file.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +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 \
--M pc \
--m 214 \
--smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
--uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
--nographic \
--nodefaults \
--chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
-server,nowait \
--mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
--no-acpi \
--boot c \
--usb \
--drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
--device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0 \
--serial file:/tmp/serial.log
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-file.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-file.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ce32ccf268..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-file.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +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'/>
-      <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='ide' index='0'/>
-    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
-    <serial type='file'>
-      <source path='/tmp/serial.log'/>
-      <target port='0'/>
-    </serial>
-    <console type='file'>
-      <source path='/tmp/serial.log'/>
-      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
-    </console>
-    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
-    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
-    <memballoon model='none'/>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-many.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-many.args
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a4798884e..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-many.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +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 \
--M pc \
--m 214 \
--smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
--uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
--nographic \
--nodefaults \
--chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
-server,nowait \
--mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
--no-acpi \
--boot c \
--usb \
--drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
--device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0 \
--serial pty \
--serial file:/tmp/serial.log
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-many.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-many.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 87b6764ab7..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-many.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +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'/>
-      <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='ide' index='0'/>
-    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
-    <serial type='pty'>
-      <target port='0'/>
-    </serial>
-    <serial type='file'>
-      <source path='/tmp/serial.log'/>
-      <target port='1'/>
-    </serial>
-    <console type='pty'>
-      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
-    </console>
-    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
-    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
-    <memballoon model='none'/>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp-telnet.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp-telnet.args
deleted file mode 100644
index 465dcd5ddc..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp-telnet.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +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 \
--M pc \
--m 214 \
--smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
--uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
--nographic \
--nodefaults \
--chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
-server,nowait \
--mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
--no-acpi \
--boot c \
--usb \
--drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
--device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0 \
--serial telnet:127.0.0.1:9999,server,nowait
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp-telnet.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp-telnet.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index b865405e66..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp-telnet.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-<domain type='qemu'>
-  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
-  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
-  <memory unit='KiB'>219100</memory>
-  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219100</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'/>
-      <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='ide' index='0'/>
-    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
-    <serial type='tcp'>
-      <source mode='bind' host='127.0.0.1' service='9999'/>
-      <protocol type='telnet'/>
-      <target port='0'/>
-    </serial>
-    <console type='tcp'>
-      <source mode='bind' host='127.0.0.1' service='9999'/>
-      <protocol type='telnet'/>
-      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
-    </console>
-    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
-    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
-    <memballoon model='none'/>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp.args
deleted file mode 100644
index 5894559082..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +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 \
--M pc \
--m 214 \
--smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
--uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
--nographic \
--nodefaults \
--chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
-server,nowait \
--mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
--no-acpi \
--boot c \
--usb \
--drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
--device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0 \
--serial tcp:127.0.0.1:9999
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 82ea26a8ed..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-<domain type='qemu'>
-  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
-  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
-  <memory unit='KiB'>219100</memory>
-  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219100</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'/>
-      <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='ide' index='0'/>
-    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
-    <serial type='tcp'>
-      <source mode='connect' host='127.0.0.1' service='9999'/>
-      <protocol type='raw'/>
-      <target port='0'/>
-    </serial>
-    <console type='tcp'>
-      <source mode='connect' host='127.0.0.1' service='9999'/>
-      <protocol type='raw'/>
-      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
-    </console>
-    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
-    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
-    <memballoon model='none'/>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-udp.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-udp.args
deleted file mode 100644
index 3dff6c39cd..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-udp.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +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 \
--M pc \
--m 214 \
--smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
--uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
--nographic \
--nodefaults \
--chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
-server,nowait \
--mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
--no-acpi \
--boot c \
--usb \
--drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
--device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0 \
--serial udp:127.0.0.1:9998@127.0.0.1:9999 \
--serial udp::9999@:0
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-udp.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-udp.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b10b0fd06..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-udp.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +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'/>
-      <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='ide' index='0'/>
-    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
-    <serial type='udp'>
-      <source mode='bind' host='127.0.0.1' service='9999'/>
-      <source mode='connect' host='127.0.0.1' service='9998'/>
-      <target port='0'/>
-    </serial>
-    <serial type='udp'>
-      <source mode='connect' service='9999'/>
-      <target port='1'/>
-    </serial>
-    <console type='udp'>
-      <source mode='bind' host='127.0.0.1' service='9999'/>
-      <source mode='connect' host='127.0.0.1' service='9998'/>
-      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
-    </console>
-    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
-    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
-    <memballoon model='none'/>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-unix.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-unix.args
deleted file mode 100644
index de7fdc635f..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-unix.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +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 \
--M pc \
--m 214 \
--smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
--uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
--nographic \
--nodefaults \
--chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
-server,nowait \
--mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
--no-acpi \
--boot c \
--usb \
--drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
--device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0 \
--serial unix:/tmp/serial.sock
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-unix.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-unix.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 405fd1632a..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-unix.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +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'/>
-      <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='ide' index='0'/>
-    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
-    <serial type='unix'>
-      <source mode='connect' path='/tmp/serial.sock'/>
-      <target port='0'/>
-    </serial>
-    <console type='unix'>
-      <source mode='connect' path='/tmp/serial.sock'/>
-      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
-    </console>
-    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
-    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
-    <memballoon model='none'/>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-vc.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-vc.args
deleted file mode 100644
index d4480ca0c6..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-vc.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +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 \
--M pc \
--m 214 \
--smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
--uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
--nographic \
--nodefaults \
--chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
-server,nowait \
--mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
--no-acpi \
--boot c \
--usb \
--drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
--device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0 \
--serial vc
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-vc.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-vc.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 27d3f963e9..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-vc.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-<domain type='qemu'>
-  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
-  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
-  <memory unit='KiB'>219100</memory>
-  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219100</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'/>
-      <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='ide' index='0'/>
-    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
-    <serial type='vc'>
-      <target port='0'/>
-    </serial>
-    <console type='vc'>
-      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
-    </console>
-    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
-    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
-    <memballoon model='none'/>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 1ad06d0a7a..d0b94671d7 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1168,17 +1168,8 @@ mymain(void)
                     QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VFIO_PCI);
 
 
-    DO_TEST("serial-vc", NONE);
-    DO_TEST("serial-pty", NONE);
-    DO_TEST("serial-dev", NONE);
-    DO_TEST("serial-file", NONE);
     DO_TEST("serial-file-log", QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV, QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV_FILE_APPEND,
             QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV_LOGFILE);
-    DO_TEST("serial-unix", NONE);
-    DO_TEST("serial-tcp", NONE);
-    DO_TEST("serial-udp", NONE);
-    DO_TEST("serial-tcp-telnet", NONE);
-    DO_TEST("serial-many", NONE);
     DO_TEST("serial-spiceport",
             QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV,
             QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIDEO_PRIMARY,
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index 286490f505..983f3ddf50 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -536,17 +536,8 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("net-mtu", NONE);
     DO_TEST("net-coalesce", NONE);
 
-    DO_TEST("serial-vc", NONE);
-    DO_TEST("serial-pty", NONE);
-    DO_TEST("serial-dev", NONE);
-    DO_TEST("serial-file", NONE);
-    DO_TEST("serial-unix", NONE);
-    DO_TEST("serial-tcp", NONE);
-    DO_TEST("serial-udp", NONE);
-    DO_TEST("serial-tcp-telnet", NONE);
     DO_TEST("serial-tcp-tlsx509-chardev", NONE);
     DO_TEST("serial-tcp-tlsx509-chardev-notls", NONE);
-    DO_TEST("serial-many", NONE);
     DO_TEST("serial-spiceport", NONE);
     DO_TEST("serial-spiceport-nospice", NONE);
     DO_TEST("console-compat", NONE);