diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-backing-chains.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-backing-chains.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fe84da3f0..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-backing-chains.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-<domain type='qemu' id='1'>
-  <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-i386</emulator>
-    <disk type='network' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
-      <source protocol='gluster' name='Volume2/Image'>
-        <host transport='unix' socket='/path/to/sock'/>
-      </source>
-      <backingStore type='file' index='1'>
-        <format type='qcow2'/>
-        <source file='/tmp/missing-backing-store.qcow'/>
-      </backingStore>
-      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
-    </disk>
-    <disk type='network' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
-      <source protocol='nbd' name='bar'>
-        <host transport='unix' socket='/var/run/nbdsock'/>
-      </source>
-      <backingStore type='block' index='1'>
-        <format type='qcow2'/>
-        <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
-        <backingStore type='file' index='2'>
-          <format type='qcow2'/>
-          <source file='/tmp/image2.qcow'/>
-          <backingStore type='file' index='3'>
-            <format type='qcow2'/>
-            <source file='/tmp/image3.qcow'>
-              <seclabel model='selinux' relabel='yes'>
-                <label>system_u:system_r:public_content_t:s0</label>
-              </seclabel>
-            </source>
-            <backingStore type='file' index='4'>
-              <format type='qcow2'/>
-              <source file='/tmp/image4.qcow'/>
-              <backingStore type='file' index='5'>
-                <source file='/tmp/image5.qcow'/>
-                <format type='qcow2'/>
-                <backingStore type='file' index='6'>
-                  <format type='raw'/>
-                  <source file='/tmp/Fedora-17-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso'/>
-                  <backingStore/>
-                </backingStore>
-              </backingStore>
-            </backingStore>
-          </backingStore>
-        </backingStore>
-      </backingStore>
-      <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
-    </disk>
-    <disk type='network' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <backingStore/>
-      <source protocol='gluster' name='Volume1/Image'>
-        <host name='example.org' port='6000'/>
-      </source>
-      <target dev='vdc' bus='virtio'/>
-    </disk>
-    <disk type='network' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
-      <auth username='myname'>
-        <secret type='ceph' usage='mycluster_myname'/>
-      </auth>
-      <source protocol='rbd' name='pool/image'>
-        <host name='mon1.example.org' port='6321'/>
-        <host name='mon2.example.org' port='6322'/>
-        <host name='mon3.example.org' port='6322'/>
-      </source>
-      <backingStore type='file' index='1'>
-        <source file='/tmp/image.qcow'/>
-        <backingStore/>
-        <format type='qcow2'/>
-      </backingStore>
-      <target dev='vdd' bus='virtio'/>
-    </disk>
-    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest11'/>
-      <target dev='vde' bus='virtio'/>
-    </disk>
-    <controller type='usb' index='0'/>
-    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
-    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-backing-chains-active.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-backing-chains-active.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5901aef3d3..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-backing-chains-active.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-<domain type='qemu' id='1'>
-  <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-i386</emulator>
-    <disk type='network' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
-      <source protocol='gluster' name='Volume2/Image'>
-        <host transport='unix' socket='/path/to/sock'/>
-      </source>
-      <backingStore type='file' index='1'>
-        <format type='qcow2'/>
-        <source file='/tmp/missing-backing-store.qcow'/>
-      </backingStore>
-      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
-      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
-    </disk>
-    <disk type='network' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
-      <source protocol='nbd' name='bar'>
-        <host transport='unix' socket='/var/run/nbdsock'/>
-      </source>
-      <backingStore type='block' index='1'>
-        <format type='qcow2'/>
-        <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
-        <backingStore type='file' index='2'>
-          <format type='qcow2'/>
-          <source file='/tmp/image2.qcow'/>
-          <backingStore type='file' index='3'>
-            <format type='qcow2'/>
-            <source file='/tmp/image3.qcow'>
-              <seclabel model='selinux' relabel='yes'>
-                <label>system_u:system_r:public_content_t:s0</label>
-              </seclabel>
-            </source>
-            <backingStore type='file' index='4'>
-              <format type='qcow2'/>
-              <source file='/tmp/image4.qcow'/>
-              <backingStore type='file' index='5'>
-                <format type='qcow2'/>
-                <source file='/tmp/image5.qcow'/>
-                <backingStore type='file' index='6'>
-                  <format type='raw'/>
-                  <source file='/tmp/Fedora-17-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso'/>
-                  <backingStore/>
-                </backingStore>
-              </backingStore>
-            </backingStore>
-          </backingStore>
-        </backingStore>
-      </backingStore>
-      <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
-      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
-    </disk>
-    <disk type='network' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source protocol='gluster' name='Volume1/Image'>
-        <host name='example.org' port='6000'/>
-      </source>
-      <backingStore/>
-      <target dev='vdc' bus='virtio'/>
-      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
-    </disk>
-    <disk type='network' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
-      <auth username='myname'>
-        <secret type='ceph' usage='mycluster_myname'/>
-      </auth>
-      <source protocol='rbd' name='pool/image'>
-        <host name='mon1.example.org' port='6321'/>
-        <host name='mon2.example.org' port='6322'/>
-        <host name='mon3.example.org' port='6322'/>
-      </source>
-      <backingStore type='file' index='1'>
-        <format type='qcow2'/>
-        <source file='/tmp/image.qcow'/>
-        <backingStore/>
-      </backingStore>
-      <target dev='vdd' bus='virtio'/>
-      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>
-    </disk>
-    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest11'/>
-      <target dev='vde' bus='virtio'/>
-      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/>
-    </disk>
-    <controller type='usb' index='0'>
-      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
-    </controller>
-    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
-    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
-    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
-    <audio id='1' type='none'/>
-    <memballoon model='virtio'>
-      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0'/>
-    </memballoon>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-backing-chains-inactive.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-backing-chains-inactive.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d9adc85ba..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-backing-chains-inactive.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +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-i386</emulator>
-    <disk type='network' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
-      <source protocol='gluster' name='Volume2/Image'>
-        <host transport='unix' socket='/path/to/sock'/>
-      </source>
-      <backingStore type='file'>
-        <format type='qcow2'/>
-        <source file='/tmp/missing-backing-store.qcow'/>
-      </backingStore>
-      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
-      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
-    </disk>
-    <disk type='network' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
-      <source protocol='nbd' name='bar'>
-        <host transport='unix' socket='/var/run/nbdsock'/>
-      </source>
-      <backingStore type='block'>
-        <format type='qcow2'/>
-        <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
-        <backingStore type='file'>
-          <format type='qcow2'/>
-          <source file='/tmp/image2.qcow'/>
-          <backingStore type='file'>
-            <format type='qcow2'/>
-            <source file='/tmp/image3.qcow'>
-              <seclabel model='selinux' relabel='yes'>
-                <label>system_u:system_r:public_content_t:s0</label>
-              </seclabel>
-            </source>
-            <backingStore type='file'>
-              <format type='qcow2'/>
-              <source file='/tmp/image4.qcow'/>
-              <backingStore type='file'>
-                <format type='qcow2'/>
-                <source file='/tmp/image5.qcow'/>
-                <backingStore type='file'>
-                  <format type='raw'/>
-                  <source file='/tmp/Fedora-17-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso'/>
-                  <backingStore/>
-                </backingStore>
-              </backingStore>
-            </backingStore>
-          </backingStore>
-        </backingStore>
-      </backingStore>
-      <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
-      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
-    </disk>
-    <disk type='network' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source protocol='gluster' name='Volume1/Image'>
-        <host name='example.org' port='6000'/>
-      </source>
-      <backingStore/>
-      <target dev='vdc' bus='virtio'/>
-      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
-    </disk>
-    <disk type='network' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
-      <auth username='myname'>
-        <secret type='ceph' usage='mycluster_myname'/>
-      </auth>
-      <source protocol='rbd' name='pool/image'>
-        <host name='mon1.example.org' port='6321'/>
-        <host name='mon2.example.org' port='6322'/>
-        <host name='mon3.example.org' port='6322'/>
-      </source>
-      <backingStore type='file'>
-        <format type='qcow2'/>
-        <source file='/tmp/image.qcow'/>
-        <backingStore/>
-      </backingStore>
-      <target dev='vdd' bus='virtio'/>
-      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>
-    </disk>
-    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest11'/>
-      <target dev='vde' bus='virtio'/>
-      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/>
-    </disk>
-    <controller type='usb' index='0'>
-      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
-    </controller>
-    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
-    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
-    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
-    <audio id='1' type='none'/>
-    <memballoon model='virtio'>
-      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0'/>
-    </memballoon>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index 0e729ca905..8d885d6d9f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -906,7 +906,6 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("panic-no-address", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PANIC);
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("panic-pseries", "ppc64");
 
-    DO_TEST_NOCAPS("disk-backing-chains");
     DO_TEST_NOCAPS("disk-backing-chains-index");
     DO_TEST_NOCAPS("disk-backing-chains-noindex");