diff --git a/bin/tests/system/rrl/broken.conf.in b/bin/tests/system/checkconf/bad-rrl-table-size.conf
similarity index 59%
rename from bin/tests/system/rrl/broken.conf.in
rename to bin/tests/system/checkconf/bad-rrl-table-size.conf
index 956593a6fc..3325406fa8 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/rrl/broken.conf.in
+++ b/bin/tests/system/checkconf/bad-rrl-table-size.conf
@@ -11,20 +11,7 @@
  * information regarding copyright ownership.
  */
 
-controls { /* empty */ };
-
 options {
-	query-source address 10.53.0.5;
-	notify-source 10.53.0.5;
-	transfer-source 10.53.0.5;
-	port @PORT@;
-	pid-file "named.pid";
-	statistics-file	"named.stats";
-	listen-on { 10.53.0.5; };
-	listen-on-v6 { none; };
-	notify no;
-	dnssec-validation no;
-
 	rate-limit {
 	    responses-per-second 2;
 	    all-per-second 50;
@@ -36,12 +23,3 @@ options {
 	    max-table-size 0;
 	};
 };
-
-key rndc_key {
-	secret "1234abcd8765";
-	algorithm hmac-sha256;
-};
-controls {
-	inet 10.53.0.5 port @CONTROLPORT@ allow { any; } keys { rndc_key; };
-};
-
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/rrl/clean.sh b/bin/tests/system/rrl/clean.sh
index 88c9a56670..ce3db9b841 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/rrl/clean.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/rrl/clean.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,4 @@ rm -f */named.memstats */named.run */named.stats */log-* */session.key
 rm -f ns3/bl*.db */*.jnl */*.core */*.pid
 rm -f ns*/named.lock
 rm -f ns*/named.conf
-rm -f broken.conf
-rm -f broken.out
 rm -f ns*/managed-keys.bind*
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/rrl/setup.sh b/bin/tests/system/rrl/setup.sh
index 752b02ceed..49a642683d 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/rrl/setup.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/rrl/setup.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 $SHELL clean.sh
 
-copy_setports broken.conf.in broken.conf
 copy_setports ns1/named.conf.in ns1/named.conf
 copy_setports ns2/named.conf.in ns2/named.conf
 copy_setports ns3/named.conf.in ns3/named.conf
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/rrl/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/rrl/tests.sh
index 9bd6643afd..9b28f9d8db 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/rrl/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/rrl/tests.sh
@@ -278,14 +278,5 @@ $DIG $DIGOPTS @$ns4 TXT big.tld4 >/dev/null 2>&1
 grep "would limit" ns4/named.run >/dev/null 2>&1 \
   || setret "\"would limit\" not found in log file."
 
-$NAMED -D rrl-ns5 -gc broken.conf >broken.out 2>&1 &
-sleep 2
-grep "min-table-size 1" broken.out >/dev/null || setret "min-table-size 0 was not changed to 1"
-
-if [ -f named.pid ]; then
-  kill $(cat named.pid)
-  setret "named should not have started, but did"
-fi
-
 echo_i "exit status: $ret"
 [ $ret -eq 0 ] || exit 1