diff --git a/tests/rustdoc-ui/generate-link-to-definition/generate-link-to-definition-opt2.rs b/tests/rustdoc-ui/generate-link-to-definition/generate-link-to-definition-opt2.rs
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index 71852205979..00000000000
--- a/tests/rustdoc-ui/generate-link-to-definition/generate-link-to-definition-opt2.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-// This test purpose is to check that the "--generate-link-to-definition"
-// option can only be used with HTML generation.
-
-//@ compile-flags: -Zunstable-options --generate-link-to-definition --show-coverage
-
-pub fn f() {}
diff --git a/tests/rustdoc-ui/generate-link-to-definition/generate-link-to-definition-opt2.stderr b/tests/rustdoc-ui/generate-link-to-definition/generate-link-to-definition-opt2.stderr
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c8c607e7da..00000000000
--- a/tests/rustdoc-ui/generate-link-to-definition/generate-link-to-definition-opt2.stderr
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-error: --generate-link-to-definition option can only be used with HTML output format
-