diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/iothreads-nocap.err b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/iothreads-nocap.err
deleted file mode 100644
index ed2f47ecd5..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/iothreads-nocap.err
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-unsupported configuration: IOThreads not supported for this QEMU
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/iothreads-nocap.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/iothreads-nocap.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index fa04d735cd..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/iothreads-nocap.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +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'>2</vcpu>
-  <iothreads>4</iothreads>
-  <iothreadids>
-    <iothread id='5'/>
-    <iothread id='6'/>
-  </iothreadids>
-  <cputune>
-    <iothreadpin iothread='5' cpuset='2'/>
-    <iothreadpin iothread='6' cpuset='1'/>
-  </cputune>
-  <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='block' device='disk'>
-      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
-      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
-      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
-      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
-    </disk>
-    <controller type='usb' index='0'/>
-    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
-    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
-    <memballoon model='none'/>
-  </devices>
-</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index f46fc29f32..c5981c61ee 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1878,7 +1878,6 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("iothreads-ids", QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_IOTHREAD);
     DO_TEST("iothreads-ids-partial", QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_IOTHREAD);
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("iothreads-ids-pool-sizes");
-    DO_TEST_FAILURE_NOCAPS("iothreads-nocap");
     DO_TEST("iothreads-disk", QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_IOTHREAD);
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_VER("iothreads-disk-virtio-ccw", "s390x", "4.2.0");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_VER("iothreads-virtio-scsi-pci", "5.2.0");