diff --git a/test cases/rewrite/1 basic/added.txt b/test cases/rewrite/1 basic/added.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 657dd42fb..000000000
--- a/test cases/rewrite/1 basic/added.txt	
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@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-project('rewritetest', 'c')
-
-sources = ['trivial.c']
-
-exe = executable('trivialprog', 'notthere.c', sources)
diff --git a/test cases/rewrite/1 basic/removed.txt b/test cases/rewrite/1 basic/removed.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 55192149c..000000000
--- a/test cases/rewrite/1 basic/removed.txt	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-project('rewritetest', 'c')
-
-sources = ['trivial.c']
-
-exe = executable('trivialprog', sources)
diff --git a/test cases/rewrite/2 subdirs/sub1/after.txt b/test cases/rewrite/2 subdirs/sub1/after.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 53ceaffd3..000000000
--- a/test cases/rewrite/2 subdirs/sub1/after.txt	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-srcs = ['first.c']