--- a/tests/data/cli/compare/virt-xml-edit-cpu-host-copy.xml
+++ b/tests/data/cli/compare/virt-xml-edit-cpu-host-copy.xml
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@
    </launchSecurity>
 +  <cpu mode="custom" match="exact">
 +    <model>Skylake-Client-noTSX-IBRS</model>
-+    <feature policy="require" name="ibpb"/>
-+    <feature policy="require" name="md-clear"/>
-+    <feature policy="require" name="spec-ctrl"/>
-+    <feature policy="require" name="ssbd"/>
 +  </cpu>
  </domain>

--- a/tests/data/cli/compare/virt-install-singleton-config-2.xml
+++ b/tests/data/cli/compare/virt-install-singleton-config-2.xml
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@
   </features>
   <cpu mode="custom" match="exact">
     <model>Skylake-Client-noTSX-IBRS</model>
-    <feature policy="require" name="ibpb"/>
-    <feature policy="require" name="md-clear"/>
-    <feature policy="require" name="spec-ctrl"/>
-    <feature policy="require" name="ssbd"/>
   </cpu>
   <clock offset="utc">
     <timer name="rtc" tickpolicy="catchup"/>
@@ -121,10 +117,6 @@
   </features>
   <cpu mode="custom" match="exact">
     <model>Skylake-Client-noTSX-IBRS</model>
-    <feature policy="require" name="ibpb"/>
-    <feature policy="require" name="md-clear"/>
-    <feature policy="require" name="spec-ctrl"/>
-    <feature policy="require" name="ssbd"/>
   </cpu>
   <clock offset="utc">
     <timer name="rtc" tickpolicy="catchup"/>

--- a/tests/data/cli/compare/virt-install-many-devices.xml
+++ b/tests/data/cli/compare/virt-install-many-devices.xml
@@ -156,10 +156,6 @@
     <vendor>meee</vendor>
     <topology sockets="1" dies="1" cores="3" threads="3"/>
     <cache level="3" mode="emulate"/>
-    <feature policy="require" name="ibpb"/>
-    <feature policy="require" name="md-clear"/>
-    <feature policy="require" name="spec-ctrl"/>
-    <feature policy="require" name="ssbd"/>
     <feature policy="force" name="x2apic"/>
     <feature policy="force" name="x2apicagain"/>
     <feature policy="require" name="reqtest"/>

--- a/tests/data/cli/compare/virt-xml-edit-cpu-host-copy.xml
+++ b/tests/data/cli/compare/virt-xml-edit-cpu-host-copy.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
++++ Altered XML
 @@
      </hyperv>
      <ioapic driver="qemu"/>

--- a/tests/data/cli/compare/virt-install-qemu-plain.xml
+++ b/tests/data/cli/compare/virt-install-qemu-plain.xml
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@
   </features>
   <cpu mode="custom" match="exact">
     <model>Penryn</model>
-    <feature policy="require" name="ibpb"/>
-    <feature policy="require" name="md-clear"/>
-    <feature policy="require" name="spec-ctrl"/>
-    <feature policy="require" name="ssbd"/>
   </cpu>
   <clock offset="utc">
     <timer name="rtc" tickpolicy="catchup"/>