diff --git a/test/app/routes/[x]/_layout.html b/test/app/routes/[x]/_layout.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fc0f2d0e..000000000
--- a/test/app/routes/[x]/_layout.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<span>x: {segment} {count}</span>
-<svelte:component this={child.component} {...child.props}/>
-
-<script>
-	import counts from './_counts.js';
-
-	export default {
-		preload() {
-			return {
-				count: counts.x += 1
-			};
-		},
-
-		oncreate() {
-			this.set({
-				segment: this.get().params.x
-			});
-		}
-	};
-</script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/app/routes/preload-root.html b/test/app/routes/preload-root/index.html
similarity index 100%
rename from test/app/routes/preload-root.html
rename to test/app/routes/preload-root/index.html
diff --git a/test/common/test.js b/test/common/test.js
index 936bbd711..8f9c67ecb 100644
--- a/test/common/test.js
+++ b/test/common/test.js
@@ -629,7 +629,6 @@ function run({ mode, basepath = '' }) {
 					.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('#sapper').textContent)
 					.then(text => {
 						assert.deepEqual(text.split('\n').filter(Boolean), [
-							'x: foo 1',
 							'y: bar 1',
 							'z: baz 1'
 						]);
@@ -642,7 +641,6 @@ function run({ mode, basepath = '' }) {
 					})
 					.then(text => {
 						assert.deepEqual(text.split('\n').filter(Boolean), [
-							'x: foo 1',
 							'y: bar 1',
 							'z: qux 2'
 						]);
diff --git a/test/unit/create_routes/index.js b/test/unit/create_routes/index.js
index e8e358609..9ba83e559 100644
--- a/test/unit/create_routes/index.js
+++ b/test/unit/create_routes/index.js
@@ -2,13 +2,6 @@ const path = require('path');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const { create_routes } = require('../../../dist/core.ts.js');
 
-
-const _default_layout = {
-	default: true,
-	name: '_default_layout',
-	file: null
-};
-
 describe('create_routes', () => {
 	it('creates routes', () => {
 		const { components, pages, server_routes } = create_routes(path.join(__dirname, 'samples/basic'));
@@ -21,7 +14,6 @@ describe('create_routes', () => {
 		assert.deepEqual(components, [
 			index,
 			about,
-			_default_layout,
 			blog,
 			blog_$slug
 		]);
@@ -44,7 +36,6 @@ describe('create_routes', () => {
 			{
 				pattern: /^\/blog\/?$/,
 				parts: [
-					{ component: _default_layout, params: [] },
 					{ component: blog, params: [] }
 				]
 			},
@@ -52,7 +43,6 @@ describe('create_routes', () => {
 			{
 				pattern: /^\/blog\/([^\/]+?)\/?$/,
 				parts: [
-					{ component: _default_layout, params: [] },
 					{ component: blog_$slug, params: ['slug'] }
 				]
 			}
@@ -113,12 +103,12 @@ describe('create_routes', () => {
 		assert.deepEqual(pages.map(p => p.parts.map(part => part.component.file)), [
 			['index.html'],
 			['about.html'],
-			[_default_layout.file, 'post/index.html'],
-			[_default_layout.file, 'post/bar.html'],
-			[_default_layout.file, 'post/foo.html'],
-			[_default_layout.file, 'post/f[xx].html'],
-			[_default_layout.file, 'post/[id([0-9-a-z]{3,})].html'],
-			[_default_layout.file, 'post/[id].html'],
+			['post/index.html'],
+			['post/bar.html'],
+			['post/foo.html'],
+			['post/f[xx].html'],
+			['post/[id([0-9-a-z]{3,})].html'],
+			['post/[id].html'],
 			['[wildcard].html']
 		]);
 	});