diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-model-host.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-model-host.args
deleted file mode 100644
index 72e652607d..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-model-host.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64 -S -M virt -cpu host -m 1024 -smp 1 -nographic \
--nodefconfig -nodefaults -monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait \
--boot c -usb -drive file=/aarch64.raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
--device virtio-blk-device,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-model-host.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-model-host.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 53d528f29a..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-model-host.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-<domain type='kvm'>
-  <name>aarch64test</name>
-  <uuid>496d7ea8-9739-544b-4ebd-ef08be936e8b</uuid>
-  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
-  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
-  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
-  <os>
-    <type arch='aarch64' machine='virt'>hvm</type>
-    <boot dev='hd'/>
-  </os>
-  <features>
-    <acpi/>
-    <apic/>
-    <pae/>
-  </features>
-  <cpu mode='host-passthrough'/>
-  <clock offset='utc'/>
-  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
-  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
-  <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
-  <devices>
-    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64</emulator>
-    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
-      <source file='/aarch64.raw'/>
-      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
-    </disk>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 97c7fba637..aa158225c8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1538,9 +1538,6 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("aarch64-cpu-passthrough", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE, QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE,
             QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_MMIO,
             QEMU_CAPS_CPU_HOST, QEMU_CAPS_KVM);
-    DO_TEST("aarch64-cpu-model-host", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE, QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE,
-            QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_MMIO,
-            QEMU_CAPS_CPU_HOST, QEMU_CAPS_KVM);
     DO_TEST("aarch64-gic", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE, QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE,
             QEMU_CAPS_KVM);
 
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-passthrough.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-passthrough.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4cdf387f36..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-passthrough.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<domain type="kvm">
-  <name>aarch64test</name>
-  <uuid>496d7ea8-9739-544b-4ebd-ef08be936e8b</uuid>
-  <memory>1048576</memory>
-  <currentMemory>1048576</currentMemory>
-  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
-  <os>
-    <type arch="aarch64" machine="virt">hvm</type>
-  </os>
-  <features>
-    <acpi/>
-    <apic/>
-    <pae/>
-  </features>
-  <cpu mode='host-passthrough'/>
-  <clock offset="utc"/>
-  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
-  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
-  <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
-  <devices>
-    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64</emulator>
-    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
-      <source file='/aarch64.raw'/>
-      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
-    </disk>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index b611afdd9c..d41877670b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -614,8 +614,6 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-nonuma");
     DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-dimm");
 
-    DO_TEST("aarch64-cpu-model-host");
-
     virObjectUnref(driver.caps);
     virObjectUnref(driver.xmlopt);