diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/obsolete-tilde.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/obsolete-tilde.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index d290d5536a4..00000000000
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/obsolete-tilde.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
-// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
-// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
-// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
-// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
-// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
-// except according to those terms.
-
-// Test that ~ pointers give an obsolescence message.
-
-fn foo(x: ~isize) {} //~ ERROR obsolete syntax: `~` notation for owned pointers
-fn bar(x: ~str) {} //~ ERROR obsolete syntax: `~` notation for owned pointers
-fn baz(x: ~[isize]) {} //~ ERROR obsolete syntax: `~[T]` is no longer a type
-
-fn main() {
-    let x = ~4is; //~ ERROR obsolete syntax: `~` notation for owned pointer allocation
-    let y = ~"hello"; //~ ERROR obsolete syntax: `~` notation for owned pointer allocation
-    let z = ~[1is, 2, 3]; //~ ERROR obsolete syntax: `~[T]` is no longer a type
-}
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/obsolete-tuple-struct-deref.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/obsolete-tuple-struct-deref.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index ad5fac3e21e..00000000000
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/obsolete-tuple-struct-deref.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
-// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
-// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
-// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
-// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
-// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
-// except according to those terms.
-
-fn main() {
-    struct S(isize);
-    let s = S(0);
-    let x = *s; //~ ERROR single-field tuple-structs can no longer be dereferenced
-}
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/vec-matching-obsolete-syntax.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/vec-matching-obsolete-syntax.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 2715b31d196..00000000000
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/vec-matching-obsolete-syntax.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
-// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
-// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
-// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
-// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
-// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
-// except according to those terms.
-
-fn main() {
-    let x = [1is, 2, 3];
-    match x {
-        [a, b, ..c] => {    //~ ERROR obsolete syntax
-            assert_eq!(a, 1);
-            assert_eq!(b, 2);
-            let expected: &[_] = &[3];
-            assert_eq!(c, expected);
-        }
-    }
-}
-