diff --git a/plugins/optionrom/fu-self-test.c b/plugins/optionrom/fu-self-test.c
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index 94110a185..000000000
--- a/plugins/optionrom/fu-self-test.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,134 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2015 Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com>
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
- */
-
-#include "config.h"
-
-#include <fwupdplugin.h>
-
-#include <gio/gfiledescriptorbased.h>
-#include <glib/gstdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-#include "fu-plugin-private.h"
-#include "fu-rom.h"
-
-static void
-fu_rom_func(void)
-{
-	struct {
-		FuRomKind kind;
-		const gchar *fn;
-		const gchar *ver;
-		guint16 vendor;
-		guint16 model;
-	} data[] = {
-	    {FU_ROM_KIND_ATI,
-	     "Asus.9800PRO.256.unknown.031114.rom",
-	     "008.015.041.001",
-	     0x1002,
-	     0x4e48},
-	    {FU_ROM_KIND_ATI, /* atombios */
-	     "Asus.R9290X.4096.131014.rom",
-	     "015.039.000.006.003515",
-	     0x1002,
-	     0x67b0},
-	    {FU_ROM_KIND_ATI, /* atombios, with serial */
-	     "Asus.HD7970.3072.121018.rom",
-	     "015.023.000.002.000000",
-	     0x1002,
-	     0x6798},
-	    {FU_ROM_KIND_NVIDIA, "Asus.GTX480.1536.100406_1.rom", "70.00.1A.00.02", 0x10de, 0x06c0},
-	    {FU_ROM_KIND_NVIDIA, /* nvgi */
-	     "Asus.GTX980.4096.140905.rom",
-	     "84.04.1F.00.02",
-	     0x10de,
-	     0x13c0},
-	    {FU_ROM_KIND_NVIDIA, /* nvgi, with serial */
-	     "Asus.TitanBlack.6144.140212.rom",
-	     "80.80.4E.00.01",
-	     0x10de,
-	     0x100c},
-	    {FU_ROM_KIND_UNKNOWN, NULL, NULL, 0x0000, 0x0000}};
-
-	for (guint i = 0; data[i].fn != NULL; i++) {
-		gboolean ret;
-		g_autoptr(GError) error = NULL;
-		g_autofree gchar *filename = NULL;
-		g_autoptr(FuRom) rom = NULL;
-		g_autoptr(GFile) file = NULL;
-		rom = fu_rom_new();
-		g_assert_nonnull(rom);
-
-		/* load file */
-		filename = g_test_build_filename(G_TEST_DIST, "tests", data[i].fn, NULL);
-		if (!g_file_test(filename, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS))
-			continue;
-		g_print("\nparsing %s...", filename);
-		file = g_file_new_for_path(filename);
-		ret = fu_rom_load_file(rom, file, FU_ROM_LOAD_FLAG_BLANK_PPID, NULL, &error);
-		g_assert_no_error(error);
-		g_assert_true(ret);
-		g_assert_cmpstr(fu_rom_get_version(rom), ==, data[i].ver);
-		g_assert_cmpint(fu_rom_get_kind(rom), ==, data[i].kind);
-		g_assert_cmpint(fu_rom_get_vendor(rom), ==, data[i].vendor);
-		g_assert_cmpint(fu_rom_get_model(rom), ==, data[i].model);
-	}
-}
-
-static void
-fu_rom_all_func(void)
-{
-	GDir *dir;
-	g_autofree gchar *path = NULL;
-
-	/* may or may not exist */
-	path = g_test_build_filename(G_TEST_DIST, "tests", "roms", NULL);
-	if (!g_file_test(path, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS))
-		return;
-	g_print("\n");
-	dir = g_dir_open(path, 0, NULL);
-	do {
-		const gchar *fn;
-		gboolean ret;
-		g_autoptr(GError) error = NULL;
-		g_autofree gchar *filename = NULL;
-		g_autoptr(FuRom) rom = NULL;
-		g_autoptr(GFile) file = NULL;
-
-		fn = g_dir_read_name(dir);
-		if (fn == NULL)
-			break;
-		filename = g_build_filename(path, fn, NULL);
-		g_print("\nparsing %s...", filename);
-		file = g_file_new_for_path(filename);
-		rom = fu_rom_new();
-		ret = fu_rom_load_file(rom, file, FU_ROM_LOAD_FLAG_BLANK_PPID, NULL, &error);
-		if (!ret) {
-			g_print("%s %s : %s\n",
-				fu_rom_kind_to_string(fu_rom_get_kind(rom)),
-				filename,
-				error->message);
-			continue;
-		}
-		g_assert_cmpstr(fu_rom_get_version(rom), !=, NULL);
-		g_assert_cmpstr(fu_rom_get_version(rom), !=, "\0");
-		g_assert_cmpint(fu_rom_get_kind(rom), !=, FU_ROM_KIND_UNKNOWN);
-	} while (TRUE);
-}
-
-int
-main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-	g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
-
-	/* only critical and error are fatal */
-	g_log_set_fatal_mask(NULL, G_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR | G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL);
-
-	/* tests go here */
-	g_test_add_func("/fwupd/rom", fu_rom_func);
-	g_test_add_func("/fwupd/rom{all}", fu_rom_all_func);
-	return g_test_run();
-}