diff --git a/nova/tests/functional/api/openstack/placement/gabbits/unicode.yaml b/nova/tests/functional/api/openstack/placement/gabbits/unicode.yaml
index 113c5158ee17..367f79a4dd65 100644
--- a/nova/tests/functional/api/openstack/placement/gabbits/unicode.yaml
+++ b/nova/tests/functional/api/openstack/placement/gabbits/unicode.yaml
@@ -43,30 +43,3 @@ tests:
 - name: delete that one
   DELETE: /resource_providers/$ENVIRON['RP_UUID']
   status: 204
-
-# These next three are expected to fail on many mysql
-# installations. It works with the local in-RAM sqlite
-# test database.
-- name: four byte utf8 smiley
-  xfail: true
-  POST: /resource_providers
-  request_headers:
-    content-type: application/json
-  data:
-      name: "\U0001F601"
-      uuid: $ENVIRON['RP_UUID']
-  status: 201
-  response_headers:
-      location: //resource_providers/[a-f0-9-]+/
-
-- name: get that wide resource provider
-  xfail: true
-  GET: $LOCATION
-  response_json_paths:
-      $.name: "\U0001F601"
-
-- name: query by wide name
-  xfail: true
-  GET: /resource_providers?name=%F0%9F%98%81
-  response_json_paths:
-      $.resource_providers[0].name: "\U0001F601"