diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-default-cpu-kvm-ccw-virtio-2.7.s390x-latest.args b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-default-cpu-kvm-ccw-virtio-2.7.s390x-latest.args
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d44697425..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-default-cpu-kvm-ccw-virtio-2.7.s390x-latest.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-LC_ALL=C \
-PATH=/bin \
-HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-test \
-USER=test \
-LOGNAME=test \
-XDG_DATA_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-test/.local/share \
-XDG_CACHE_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-test/.cache \
-XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-test/.config \
-/usr/bin/qemu-system-s390x \
--name guest=test,debug-threads=on \
--S \
--object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-test/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine s390-ccw-virtio-2.7,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=s390.ram \
--accel kvm \
--cpu host \
--m size=262144k \
--object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-ram","id":"s390.ram","size":268435456}' \
--overcommit mem-lock=off \
--smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
--uuid 9aa4b45c-b9dd-45ef-91fe-862b27b4231f \
--display none \
--no-user-config \
--nodefaults \
--chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server=on,wait=off \
--mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
--rtc base=utc \
--no-shutdown \
--boot strict=on \
--audiodev '{"id":"audio1","driver":"none"}' \
--device '{"driver":"virtio-balloon-ccw","id":"balloon0","devno":"fe.0.0000"}' \
--sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny \
--msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-default-cpu-kvm-ccw-virtio-2.7.s390x-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-default-cpu-kvm-ccw-virtio-2.7.s390x-latest.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ae39e6277d..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-default-cpu-kvm-ccw-virtio-2.7.s390x-latest.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<domain type='kvm'>
-  <name>test</name>
-  <uuid>9aa4b45c-b9dd-45ef-91fe-862b27b4231f</uuid>
-  <memory unit='KiB'>262144</memory>
-  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>262144</currentMemory>
-  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
-  <os>
-    <type arch='s390x' machine='s390-ccw-virtio-2.7'>hvm</type>
-    <boot dev='hd'/>
-  </os>
-  <cpu mode='host-passthrough' check='none'/>
-  <clock offset='utc'/>
-  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
-  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
-  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
-  <devices>
-    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-s390x</emulator>
-    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
-    <audio id='1' type='none'/>
-    <memballoon model='virtio'>
-      <address type='ccw' cssid='0xfe' ssid='0x0' devno='0x0000'/>
-    </memballoon>
-    <panic model='s390'/>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-default-cpu-kvm-ccw-virtio-2.7.xml b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-default-cpu-kvm-ccw-virtio-2.7.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index a3c1804f57..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-default-cpu-kvm-ccw-virtio-2.7.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-<domain type='kvm'>
-  <name>test</name>
-  <uuid>9aa4b45c-b9dd-45ef-91fe-862b27b4231f</uuid>
-  <memory>262144</memory>
-  <currentMemory>262144</currentMemory>
-  <os>
-    <type arch='s390x' machine='s390-ccw-virtio-2.7'>hvm</type>
-  </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-s390x</emulator>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-default-cpu-tcg-ccw-virtio-2.7.s390x-latest.args b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-default-cpu-tcg-ccw-virtio-2.7.s390x-latest.args
deleted file mode 100644
index 06b3f5733e..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-default-cpu-tcg-ccw-virtio-2.7.s390x-latest.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-LC_ALL=C \
-PATH=/bin \
-HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-test \
-USER=test \
-LOGNAME=test \
-XDG_DATA_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-test/.local/share \
-XDG_CACHE_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-test/.cache \
-XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-test/.config \
-/usr/bin/qemu-system-s390x \
--name guest=test,debug-threads=on \
--S \
--object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-test/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine s390-ccw-virtio-2.7,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=s390.ram \
--accel tcg \
--cpu qemu \
--m size=262144k \
--object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-ram","id":"s390.ram","size":268435456}' \
--overcommit mem-lock=off \
--smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
--uuid 9aa4b45c-b9dd-45ef-91fe-862b27b4231f \
--display none \
--no-user-config \
--nodefaults \
--chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server=on,wait=off \
--mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
--rtc base=utc \
--no-shutdown \
--boot strict=on \
--audiodev '{"id":"audio1","driver":"none"}' \
--device '{"driver":"virtio-balloon-ccw","id":"balloon0","devno":"fe.0.0000"}' \
--sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny \
--msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-default-cpu-tcg-ccw-virtio-2.7.s390x-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-default-cpu-tcg-ccw-virtio-2.7.s390x-latest.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index f4f9e724a9..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-default-cpu-tcg-ccw-virtio-2.7.s390x-latest.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<domain type='qemu'>
-  <name>test</name>
-  <uuid>9aa4b45c-b9dd-45ef-91fe-862b27b4231f</uuid>
-  <memory unit='KiB'>262144</memory>
-  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>262144</currentMemory>
-  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
-  <os>
-    <type arch='s390x' machine='s390-ccw-virtio-2.7'>hvm</type>
-    <boot dev='hd'/>
-  </os>
-  <cpu mode='custom' match='exact' check='none'>
-    <model fallback='forbid'>qemu</model>
-  </cpu>
-  <clock offset='utc'/>
-  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
-  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
-  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
-  <devices>
-    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-s390x</emulator>
-    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
-    <audio id='1' type='none'/>
-    <memballoon model='virtio'>
-      <address type='ccw' cssid='0xfe' ssid='0x0' devno='0x0000'/>
-    </memballoon>
-    <panic model='s390'/>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-default-cpu-tcg-ccw-virtio-2.7.xml b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-default-cpu-tcg-ccw-virtio-2.7.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3451e9d81f..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-default-cpu-tcg-ccw-virtio-2.7.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-<domain type='qemu'>
-  <name>test</name>
-  <uuid>9aa4b45c-b9dd-45ef-91fe-862b27b4231f</uuid>
-  <memory>262144</memory>
-  <currentMemory>262144</currentMemory>
-  <os>
-    <type arch='s390x' machine='s390-ccw-virtio-2.7'>hvm</type>
-  </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-s390x</emulator>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c b/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
index 6a46bfc7a3..5c95a49116 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
@@ -2922,8 +2922,6 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-3.1", "ppc64");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-4.2", "ppc64");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-4.2", "ppc64");
-    DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("s390-default-cpu-kvm-ccw-virtio-2.7", "s390x");
-    DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("s390-default-cpu-tcg-ccw-virtio-2.7", "s390x");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("s390-default-cpu-kvm-ccw-virtio-4.2", "s390x");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("s390-default-cpu-tcg-ccw-virtio-4.2", "s390x");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("x86_64-default-cpu-kvm-pc-4.2", "x86_64");