diff --git a/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.common b/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.common
index 471741c1fe..cdf26d317e 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.common
+++ b/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.common
@@ -23,108 +23,6 @@ testsock6() {
 export LANG=C
 
 
-#
-# Common lists of system tests to run.
-#
-
-#
-# These tests can use ports assigned by the caller (other than 5300
-# and 9953). Because separate blocks of ports can be used for teach
-# test, these tests can be run in parallel.
-#
-# Parallel tests that only run on unix/linux should be added to
-# PARALLEL_UNIX in conf.sh.in;
-#
-# Note: some of the longer-running tests such as serve-stale and
-# rpzrecurse are scheduled first, in order to get more benefit from
-# parallelism.
-#
-PARALLEL_COMMON="
-rpzrecurse
-serve-stale
-acl
-additional
-addzone
-allow-query
-auth
-autosign
-builtin
-cacheclean
-case
-catz
-cds
-checkconf
-checknames
-checkzone
-database
-digdelv
-dlz
-dns64
-dsdigest
-ecdsa
-eddsa
-ednscompliance
-emptyzones
-fetchlimit
-formerr
-forward
-geoip2
-glue
-idna
-include-multiplecfg
-inline
-integrity
-ixfr
-journal
-keepalive
-limits
-masterfile
-masterformat
-metadata
-mirror
-mkeys
-names
-notify
-nsec3
-nslookup
-nsupdate
-padding
-pending
-reclimit
-redirect
-resolver
-rndc
-rootkeysentinel
-rpz
-rrchecker
-rrl
-rrsetorder
-rsabigexponent
-runtime
-sfcache
-smartsign
-sortlist
-spf
-staticstub
-statistics
-statschannel
-stub
-synthfromdnssec
-tkey
-tools
-tsig
-tsiggss
-ttl
-unknown
-upforwd
-verify
-views
-wildcard
-xfer
-xferquota
-zero
-zonechecks"
-
 #
 # Set up color-coded test output
 #
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.in b/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.in
index cf54c0a3ba..7182db1f0a 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.in
+++ b/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.in
@@ -95,26 +95,3 @@ fi
 
 # Load common values
 . $TOP_SRCDIR/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.common
-
-#
-# Construct the lists of tests to run
-#
-PARALLEL_UNIX="chain
-checkds
-cookie
-dlzexternal
-dnssec
-dyndb
-enginepkcs11
-filter-aaaa
-kasp
-keyfromlabel
-legacy
-logfileconfig
-multisigner
-nzd2nzf
-pipelined
-qmin
-shutdown
-tcp"
-SUBDIRS="$PARALLEL_COMMON $PARALLEL_UNIX"