diff --git a/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/permissive/accesses.expected b/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/permissive/accesses.expected
index f3e66dcedaf7..e69de29bb2d1 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/permissive/accesses.expected
+++ b/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/permissive/accesses.expected
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-| permissive.cpp:6:5:6:7 | str |
diff --git a/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/permissive/calls.expected b/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/permissive/calls.expected
index 9d780e76405e..e69de29bb2d1 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/permissive/calls.expected
+++ b/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/permissive/calls.expected
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-| permissive.cpp:6:3:6:3 | call to f | permissive.cpp:2:13:2:13 | f |
diff --git a/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/permissive/permissive.cpp b/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/permissive/permissive.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 15f5b94ef61c..000000000000
--- a/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/permissive/permissive.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-// semmle-extractor-options: --edg --permissive
-static void f(char* foo) {}
-
-static void g(void) {
-  const char* str = "foo";
-  f(str);
-}
-