diff --git a/tests/qtest/libqtest.c b/tests/qtest/libqtest.c
index 1326e34291..9d07de1fbd 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/libqtest.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/libqtest.c
@@ -514,7 +514,12 @@ static QTestState *qtest_init_internal(const char *qemu_bin,
         kill(s->qemu_pid, SIGSTOP);
     }
 #endif
-    return s;
+
+    /* ask endianness of the target */
+
+    s->big_endian = qtest_query_target_endianness(s);
+
+   return s;
 }
 
 QTestState *qtest_init_without_qmp_handshake(const char *extra_args)
@@ -522,21 +527,11 @@ QTestState *qtest_init_without_qmp_handshake(const char *extra_args)
     return qtest_init_internal(qtest_qemu_binary(NULL), extra_args);
 }
 
-QTestState *qtest_init_with_env_no_handshake(const char *var,
-                                             const char *extra_args)
-{
-    return qtest_init_internal(qtest_qemu_binary(var), extra_args);
-}
-
 QTestState *qtest_init_with_env(const char *var, const char *extra_args)
 {
     QTestState *s = qtest_init_internal(qtest_qemu_binary(var), extra_args);
     QDict *greeting;
 
-    /* ask endianness of the target */
-
-    s->big_endian = qtest_query_target_endianness(s);
-
     /* Read the QMP greeting and then do the handshake */
     greeting = qtest_qmp_receive(s);
     qobject_unref(greeting);
diff --git a/tests/qtest/libqtest.h b/tests/qtest/libqtest.h
index c261b7e0b3..beb96b18eb 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/libqtest.h
+++ b/tests/qtest/libqtest.h
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ QTestState *qtest_init(const char *extra_args);
  */
 QTestState *qtest_init_with_env(const char *var, const char *extra_args);
 
-QTestState *qtest_init_with_env_no_handshake(const char *var,
-                                             const char *extra_args);
 /**
  * qtest_init_without_qmp_handshake:
  * @extra_args: other arguments to pass to QEMU.  CAUTION: these
diff --git a/tests/qtest/migration-test.c b/tests/qtest/migration-test.c
index 6c06100d91..334b63cbaa 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/migration-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/migration-test.c
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ static QTestMigrationState dst_state;
 #define DIRTYLIMIT_TOLERANCE_RANGE  25  /* MB/s */
 
 #define ANALYZE_SCRIPT "scripts/analyze-migration.py"
-#define VMSTATE_CHECKER_SCRIPT "scripts/vmstate-static-checker.py"
 
 #define QEMU_VM_FILE_MAGIC 0x5145564d
 #define FILE_TEST_FILENAME "migfile"
@@ -1692,85 +1691,6 @@ static void test_analyze_script(void)
     test_migrate_end(from, to, false);
     cleanup("migfile");
 }
-
-static void test_vmstate_checker_script(void)
-{
-    g_autofree gchar *cmd_src = NULL;
-    g_autofree gchar *cmd_dst = NULL;
-    g_autofree gchar *vmstate_src = NULL;
-    g_autofree gchar *vmstate_dst = NULL;
-    const char *machine_alias, *machine_opts = "";
-    g_autofree char *machine = NULL;
-    const char *arch = qtest_get_arch();
-    int pid, wstatus;
-    const char *python = g_getenv("PYTHON");
-
-    if (!getenv(QEMU_ENV_SRC) && !getenv(QEMU_ENV_DST)) {
-        g_test_skip("Test needs two different QEMU versions");
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if (!python) {
-        g_test_skip("PYTHON variable not set");
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if (strcmp(arch, "i386") == 0 || strcmp(arch, "x86_64") == 0) {
-        if (g_str_equal(arch, "i386")) {
-            machine_alias = "pc";
-        } else {
-            machine_alias = "q35";
-        }
-    } else if (g_str_equal(arch, "s390x")) {
-        machine_alias = "s390-ccw-virtio";
-    } else if (strcmp(arch, "ppc64") == 0) {
-        machine_alias = "pseries";
-    } else if (strcmp(arch, "aarch64") == 0) {
-        machine_alias = "virt";
-    } else {
-        g_assert_not_reached();
-    }
-
-    if (!qtest_has_machine(machine_alias)) {
-        g_autofree char *msg = g_strdup_printf("machine %s not supported", machine_alias);
-        g_test_skip(msg);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    machine = resolve_machine_version(machine_alias, QEMU_ENV_SRC,
-                                      QEMU_ENV_DST);
-
-    vmstate_src = g_strdup_printf("%s/vmstate-src", tmpfs);
-    vmstate_dst = g_strdup_printf("%s/vmstate-dst", tmpfs);
-
-    cmd_dst = g_strdup_printf("-machine %s,%s -dump-vmstate %s",
-                              machine, machine_opts, vmstate_dst);
-    cmd_src = g_strdup_printf("-machine %s,%s -dump-vmstate %s",
-                              machine, machine_opts, vmstate_src);
-
-    qtest_init_with_env_no_handshake(QEMU_ENV_SRC, cmd_src);
-    qtest_init_with_env_no_handshake(QEMU_ENV_DST, cmd_dst);
-
-    pid = fork();
-    if (!pid) {
-        close(1);
-        open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY);
-        execl(python, python, VMSTATE_CHECKER_SCRIPT,
-              "-s", vmstate_src,
-              "-d", vmstate_dst,
-              NULL);
-        g_assert_not_reached();
-    }
-
-    g_assert(waitpid(pid, &wstatus, 0) == pid);
-    if (!WIFEXITED(wstatus) || WEXITSTATUS(wstatus) != 0) {
-        g_test_message("Failed to run vmstate-static-checker.py");
-        g_test_fail();
-    }
-
-    cleanup("vmstate-src");
-    cleanup("vmstate-dst");
-}
 #endif
 
 static void test_precopy_common(MigrateCommon *args)
@@ -3823,8 +3743,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     migration_test_add("/migration/bad_dest", test_baddest);
 #ifndef _WIN32
     migration_test_add("/migration/analyze-script", test_analyze_script);
-    migration_test_add("/migration/vmstate-checker-script",
-                       test_vmstate_checker_script);
 #endif
 
     if (is_x86) {