diff --git a/tests/qtest/meson.build b/tests/qtest/meson.build
index 669d07c06b..3399c1043a 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/meson.build
+++ b/tests/qtest/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 slow_qtests = {
   'ahci-test': 150,
   'aspeed_smc-test': 360,
-  'bios-tables-test' : 910,
   'cdrom-test' : 610,
   'device-introspect-test' : 720,
   'ide-test' : 120,
@@ -102,9 +101,6 @@ qtests_i386 = \
    config_all_devices.has_key('CONFIG_Q35') and                                             \
    config_all_devices.has_key('CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI') and                                      \
    slirp.found() ? ['virtio-net-failover'] : []) +                                          \
-  (unpack_edk2_blobs and                                                                    \
-   config_all_devices.has_key('CONFIG_HPET') and                                            \
-   config_all_devices.has_key('CONFIG_PARALLEL') ? ['bios-tables-test'] : []) +             \
   qtests_pci +                                                                              \
   qtests_cxl +                                                                              \
   [
@@ -148,7 +144,6 @@ qtests_hppa = \
 
 qtests_loongarch64 = qtests_filter + \
   (config_all_devices.has_key('CONFIG_LOONGARCH_VIRT') ? ['numa-test'] : []) + \
-  (unpack_edk2_blobs ? ['bios-tables-test'] : []) + \
   ['boot-serial-test',
    'cpu-plug-test']
 
@@ -253,7 +248,6 @@ qtests_arm = \
 
 # TODO: once aarch64 TCG is fixed on ARM 32 bit host, make bios-tables-test unconditional
 qtests_aarch64 = \
-  (cpu != 'arm' and unpack_edk2_blobs ? ['bios-tables-test'] : []) +                            \
   (config_all_accel.has_key('CONFIG_TCG') and config_all_devices.has_key('CONFIG_TPM_TIS_SYSBUS') ?            \
     ['tpm-tis-device-test', 'tpm-tis-device-swtpm-test'] : []) +                                         \
   (config_all_devices.has_key('CONFIG_XLNX_ZYNQMP_ARM') ? ['xlnx-can-test', 'fuzz-xlnx-dp-test'] : []) + \
@@ -281,8 +275,7 @@ qtests_s390x = \
 qtests_riscv32 = \
   (config_all_devices.has_key('CONFIG_SIFIVE_E_AON') ? ['sifive-e-aon-watchdog-test'] : [])
 
-qtests_riscv64 = ['riscv-csr-test'] + \
-  (unpack_edk2_blobs ? ['bios-tables-test'] : [])
+qtests_riscv64 = ['riscv-csr-test']
 
 qos_test_ss = ss.source_set()
 qos_test_ss.add(
@@ -371,7 +364,6 @@ qtests = {
   'aspeed_smc-test': files('aspeed-smc-utils.c', 'aspeed_smc-test.c'),
   'ast2700-hace-test': files('aspeed-hace-utils.c', 'ast2700-hace-test.c'),
   'ast2700-smc-test': files('aspeed-smc-utils.c', 'ast2700-smc-test.c'),
-  'bios-tables-test': [io, 'boot-sector.c', 'acpi-utils.c', 'tpm-emu.c'],
   'cdrom-test': files('boot-sector.c'),
   'dbus-vmstate-test': files('migration/migration-qmp.c',
                              'migration/migration-util.c') + dbus_vmstate1,