diff --git a/test/library/utils.lua b/test/library/utils.lua
index 6232bd9a2..e8b918f0f 100644
--- a/test/library/utils.lua
+++ b/test/library/utils.lua
@@ -55,106 +55,3 @@ function test.invert_overwrite()
     expect.eq(i.a, 3)
 end
 
-function test.processArgsGetopt_happy_path()
-    local quiet, verbose, name
-
-    local function process(args, expected_q, expected_v, expected_n)
-        quiet, verbose, name = false, false, nil
-        local nonoptions = utils.processArgsGetopt(args, {
-            {'q', handler=function() quiet = true end},
-            {'v', 'verbose', handler=function() verbose = true end},
-            {'n', 'name', hasArg=true,
-                handler=function(optarg) name = optarg end},
-        })
-        expect.eq(expected_q, quiet)
-        expect.eq(expected_v, verbose)
-        expect.eq(expected_n, name)
-        return nonoptions
-    end
-
-    local args = {}
-    expect.table_eq({}, process(args, false, false, nil))
-
-    args = {'-q'}
-    expect.table_eq({}, process(args, true, false, nil))
-
-    args = {'-v'}
-    expect.table_eq({}, process(args, false, true, nil))
-
-    args = {'--verbose'}
-    expect.table_eq({}, process(args, false, true, nil))
-
-    args = {'-n', 'foo'}
-    expect.table_eq({}, process(args, false, false, 'foo'))
-
-    args = {'-n', 'foo'}
-    expect.table_eq({}, process(args, false, false, 'foo'))
-
-    args = {'-nfoo'}
-    expect.table_eq({}, process(args, false, false, 'foo'))
-
-    args = {'--name', 'foo'}
-    expect.table_eq({}, process(args, false, false, 'foo'))
-
-    args = {'--name=foo'}
-    expect.table_eq({}, process(args, false, false, 'foo'))
-
-    args = {'-vqnfoo'}
-    expect.table_eq({}, process(args, true, true, 'foo'))
-
-    args = {'nonopt1', '-nfoo', 'nonopt2', '-1', '-10', '-0v'}
-    expect.table_eq({'nonopt1', 'nonopt2', '-1', '-10', '-0v'},
-                    process(args, false, false, 'foo'))
-
-    args = {'nonopt1', '--', '-nfoo', '--nonopt2', 'nonopt3'}
-    expect.table_eq({'nonopt1', '-nfoo', '--nonopt2', 'nonopt3'},
-                    process(args, false, false, nil))
-end
-
-function test.processArgsGetopt_action_errors()
-    expect.error_match('missing option letter',
-        function() utils.processArgsGetopt({}, {{handler=function() end}}) end)
-
-    expect.error_match('missing option letter',
-        function() utils.processArgsGetopt({}, {{'notoneletter'}}) end)
-
-    expect.error_match('missing option letter',
-        function() utils.processArgsGetopt({}, {{function() end}}) end)
-
-    expect.error_match('handler missing',
-        function() utils.processArgsGetopt({}, {{'r'}}) end)
-end
-
-function test.processArgsGetopt_parsing_errors()
-    expect.error_match('Unknown option',
-                       function() utils.processArgsGetopt({'-abc'},
-                                    {{'a', handler=function() end}})
-                       end,
-                       'use undefined short option')
-
-    expect.error_match('Unknown option',
-                       function() utils.processArgsGetopt({'--abc'},
-                                    {{'a', handler=function() end}})
-                       end,
-                       'use undefined long option')
-
-    expect.error_match('Bad usage',
-                       function() utils.processArgsGetopt({'--ab=c'},
-                                    {{'a', 'ab', handler=function() end}})
-                       end,
-                       'pass value to param that does not take one')
-
-    expect.error_match('Missing value',
-                       function() utils.processArgsGetopt({'-a'},
-                                    {{'a', 'ab', hasArg=true,
-                                      handler=function() end}})
-                       end,
-                       'fail to pass value to short param that requires one')
-
-    expect.error_match('Missing value',
-                       function() utils.processArgsGetopt({'--ab'},
-                                    {{'a', 'ab', hasArg=true,
-                                      handler=function() end}})
-                       end,
-                       'fail to pass value to long param that requires one')
-end
diff --git a/test/plugins/blueprint.lua b/test/plugins/blueprint.lua
index ddb0c0bcd..939ea8244 100644
--- a/test/plugins/blueprint.lua
+++ b/test/plugins/blueprint.lua
@@ -23,18 +23,6 @@ function test.parse_gui_commandline()
     expect.table_eq({auto_phase=true, name='blueprint', start={x=1,y=2,z=3}},
                     opts)
 
-    opts = {}
-    expect.error_match('invalid argument',
-                       function() b.parse_gui_commandline(
-                                        opts, {'--cursor=-1,2,3'}) end,
-                       'negative coordinate')
-
-    opts = {}
-    expect.error_match('invalid argument',
-                       function() b.parse_gui_commandline(
-                                        opts, {'--cursor=1,b,3'}) end,
-                       'non-numeric coordinate')
-
     opts = {}
     b.parse_gui_commandline(opts, {'imaname'})
     expect.table_eq({auto_phase=true, name='imaname'}, opts)