diff --git a/tests/avocado/boot_linux.py b/tests/avocado/boot_linux.py
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--- a/tests/avocado/boot_linux.py
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-# Functional test that boots a complete Linux system via a cloud image
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2018-2020 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# Author:
-#  Cleber Rosa <crosa@redhat.com>
-#
-# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
-# later.  See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
-
-import os
-
-from avocado_qemu.linuxtest import LinuxTest
-from avocado_qemu import BUILD_DIR
-
-from avocado import skipUnless
-
-
-class BootLinuxX8664(LinuxTest):
-    """
-    :avocado: tags=arch:x86_64
-    """
-    timeout = 480
-
-    def test_pc_i440fx_tcg(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=machine:pc
-        :avocado: tags=accel:tcg
-        """
-        self.require_accelerator("tcg")
-        self.vm.add_args("-accel", "tcg")
-        self.launch_and_wait(set_up_ssh_connection=False)
-
-    def test_pc_i440fx_kvm(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=machine:pc
-        :avocado: tags=accel:kvm
-        """
-        self.require_accelerator("kvm")
-        self.vm.add_args("-accel", "kvm")
-        self.launch_and_wait(set_up_ssh_connection=False)
-
-    def test_pc_q35_tcg(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=machine:q35
-        :avocado: tags=accel:tcg
-        """
-        self.require_accelerator("tcg")
-        self.vm.add_args("-accel", "tcg")
-        self.launch_and_wait(set_up_ssh_connection=False)
-
-    def test_pc_q35_kvm(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=machine:q35
-        :avocado: tags=accel:kvm
-        """
-        self.require_accelerator("kvm")
-        self.vm.add_args("-accel", "kvm")
-        self.launch_and_wait(set_up_ssh_connection=False)
-
-
-# For Aarch64 we only boot KVM tests in CI as booting the current
-# Fedora OS in TCG tests is very heavyweight. There are lighter weight
-# distros which we use in the machine_aarch64_virt.py tests.
-class BootLinuxAarch64(LinuxTest):
-    """
-    :avocado: tags=arch:aarch64
-    :avocado: tags=machine:virt
-    """
-    timeout = 720
-
-    def test_virt_kvm(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=accel:kvm
-        :avocado: tags=cpu:host
-        """
-        self.require_accelerator("kvm")
-        self.vm.add_args("-accel", "kvm")
-        self.vm.add_args("-machine", "virt,gic-version=host")
-        self.vm.add_args('-bios',
-                         os.path.join(BUILD_DIR, 'pc-bios',
-                                      'edk2-aarch64-code.fd'))
-        self.vm.add_args('-device', 'virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0')
-        self.vm.add_args('-object', 'rng-random,id=rng0,filename=/dev/urandom')
-        self.launch_and_wait(set_up_ssh_connection=False)
-
-
-# See the tux_baseline.py tests for almost the same coverage in a lot
-# less time.
-class BootLinuxPPC64(LinuxTest):
-    """
-    :avocado: tags=arch:ppc64
-    """
-
-    timeout = 360
-
-    @skipUnless(os.getenv('SPEED') == 'slow', 'runtime limited')
-    def test_pseries_tcg(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=machine:pseries
-        :avocado: tags=accel:tcg
-        """
-        self.require_accelerator("tcg")
-        self.vm.add_args("-accel", "tcg")
-        self.launch_and_wait(set_up_ssh_connection=False)
-
-    def test_pseries_kvm(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=machine:pseries
-        :avocado: tags=accel:kvm
-        """
-        self.require_accelerator("kvm")
-        self.vm.add_args("-accel", "kvm")
-        self.vm.add_args("-machine", "cap-ccf-assist=off")
-        self.launch_and_wait(set_up_ssh_connection=False)
-
-class BootLinuxS390X(LinuxTest):
-    """
-    :avocado: tags=arch:s390x
-    """
-
-    timeout = 240
-
-    @skipUnless(os.getenv('SPEED') == 'slow', 'runtime limited')
-    def test_s390_ccw_virtio_tcg(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=machine:s390-ccw-virtio
-        :avocado: tags=accel:tcg
-        """
-        self.require_accelerator("tcg")
-        self.vm.add_args("-accel", "tcg")
-        self.launch_and_wait(set_up_ssh_connection=False)
