diff --git a/tests/testsuite/bad_config.rs b/tests/testsuite/bad_config.rs
index 2b598485a..2c4da95c4 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/bad_config.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/bad_config.rs
@@ -87,30 +87,6 @@ Caused by:
         .run();
 }
 
-#[cargo_test]
-fn bad4() {
-    let p = project()
-        .file(
-            ".cargo/config",
-            r#"
-                [cargo-new]
-                  name = false
-            "#,
-        )
-        .build();
-    p.cargo("new -v foo")
-        .with_status(101)
-        .with_stderr(
-            "\
-[ERROR] Failed to create package `foo` at `[..]`
-
-Caused by:
-  error in [..]config: `cargo-new.name` expected a string, but found a boolean
-",
-        )
-        .run();
-}
-
 #[cargo_test]
 fn bad6() {
     let p = project()
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_command.rs b/tests/testsuite/cargo_command.rs
index 04e3051c7..bd8cc5050 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/cargo_command.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_command.rs
@@ -245,32 +245,6 @@ fn displays_subcommand_on_error() {
         .run();
 }
 
-#[cargo_test]
-fn override_cargo_home() {
-    let root = paths::root();
-    let my_home = root.join("my_home");
-    fs::create_dir(&my_home).unwrap();
-    fs::write(
-        &my_home.join("config"),
-        r#"
-            [cargo-new]
-            name = "foo"
-            email = "bar"
-            git = false
-        "#,
-    )
-    .unwrap();
-
-    cargo_process("new foo")
-        .env("USER", "foo")
-        .env("CARGO_HOME", &my_home)
-        .run();
-
-    let toml = paths::root().join("foo/Cargo.toml");
-    let contents = fs::read_to_string(&toml).unwrap();
-    assert!(contents.contains(r#"authors = ["foo <bar>"]"#));
-}
-
 #[cargo_test]
 fn cargo_subcommand_env() {
     let src = format!(