diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index 089cc3ea95..0c862dbc42 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -359,7 +359,6 @@ qapi-schema += doc-missing-expr.json
 qapi-schema += doc-missing-space.json
 qapi-schema += doc-missing.json
 qapi-schema += doc-no-symbol.json
-qapi-schema += double-data.json
 qapi-schema += double-type.json
 qapi-schema += duplicate-key.json
 qapi-schema += empty.json
@@ -404,7 +403,6 @@ qapi-schema += ident-with-escape.json
 qapi-schema += include-before-err.json
 qapi-schema += include-cycle.json
 qapi-schema += include-extra-junk.json
-qapi-schema += include-format-err.json
 qapi-schema += include-nested-err.json
 qapi-schema += include-no-file.json
 qapi-schema += include-non-file.json
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/double-data.err b/tests/qapi-schema/double-data.err
deleted file mode 100644
index cc765c4ff2..0000000000
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/double-data.err
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-tests/qapi-schema/double-data.json:2:41: Duplicate key "data"
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/double-data.exit b/tests/qapi-schema/double-data.exit
deleted file mode 100644
index d00491fd7e..0000000000
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/double-data.exit
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-1
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/double-data.json b/tests/qapi-schema/double-data.json
deleted file mode 100644
index e76b519538..0000000000
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/double-data.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# we reject an expression with duplicate top-level keys
-{ 'struct': 'bar', 'data': { }, 'data': { 'string': 'str'} }
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/double-data.out b/tests/qapi-schema/double-data.out
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/duplicate-key.json b/tests/qapi-schema/duplicate-key.json
index 14ac0e8a40..06b55840c9 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/duplicate-key.json
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/duplicate-key.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-# QAPI cannot include the same key more than once in any {}
+# Cannot include the same key more than once in any {}
 { 'key': 'value',
   'key': 'value' }
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/include-format-err.err b/tests/qapi-schema/include-format-err.err
deleted file mode 100644
index 721ff4eccc..0000000000
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/include-format-err.err
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-tests/qapi-schema/include-format-err.json:1: Invalid 'include' directive
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/include-format-err.exit b/tests/qapi-schema/include-format-err.exit
deleted file mode 100644
index d00491fd7e..0000000000
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/include-format-err.exit
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-1
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/include-format-err.json b/tests/qapi-schema/include-format-err.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 44980f026f..0000000000
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/include-format-err.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-{ 'include': 'include-simple-sub.json',
-  'foo': 'bar' }
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/include-format-err.out b/tests/qapi-schema/include-format-err.out
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000