diff --git a/tests/scripts/test029-ldapglue b/tests/scripts/test029-ldapglue
index 572e7e8199..4701e1897e 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/test029-ldapglue
+++ b/tests/scripts/test029-ldapglue
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ if test $BACKLDAP = "ldapno" ; then
 	exit 0
 fi 
 
-if test $GLUE = "glueno" ; then 
-	echo "glue overlay not available, test skipped"
-	exit 0
-fi 
-
 if test $WITH_SASL = "yes" ; then
 	if test $USE_SASL != "no" ; then
 		if test $USE_SASL = "yes" ; then
diff --git a/tests/scripts/test033-glue-syncrepl b/tests/scripts/test033-glue-syncrepl
index 75b876cf16..1ffb611d6b 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/test033-glue-syncrepl
+++ b/tests/scripts/test033-glue-syncrepl
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@
 echo "running defines.sh"
 . $SRCDIR/scripts/defines.sh
 
-if test $GLUE = glueno; then 
-	echo "Backend glue overlay not available, test skipped"
-	exit 0
-fi 
-
 mkdir -p $TESTDIR $DBDIR1A $DBDIR1B $DBDIR1C
 
 echo "Running slapadd to build glued slapd databases..."
diff --git a/tests/scripts/test039-glue-ldap-concurrency b/tests/scripts/test039-glue-ldap-concurrency
index d0d89afc30..87cabe33d8 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/test039-glue-ldap-concurrency
+++ b/tests/scripts/test039-glue-ldap-concurrency
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@ if test $BACKLDAP = ldapno ; then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
-if test $GLUE = "glueno" ; then 
-	echo "glue overlay not available, test skipped"
-	exit 0
-fi 
-
 if test $RWM = rwmno ; then 
 	echo "rwm (rewrite/remap) overlay not available, test skipped"
 	exit 0