diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/185 b/tests/qemu-iotests/185
index 9a2d317414..deb42cc886 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/185
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/185
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ echo "QA output created by $seq"
 here=`pwd`
 status=1 # failure is the default!
 
-MIG_SOCKET="${TEST_DIR}/migrate"
-
 _cleanup()
 {
     rm -f "${TEST_IMG}.mid"
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/191 b/tests/qemu-iotests/191
index dfad6555e4..77224eb151 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/191
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/191
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ echo "QA output created by $seq"
 here=`pwd`
 status=1 # failure is the default!
 
-MIG_SOCKET="${TEST_DIR}/migrate"
-
 _cleanup()
 {
     rm -f "${TEST_IMG}.mid"