diff --git a/tests/config/unix.exp b/tests/config/unix.exp
deleted file mode 100644
index ff023e709..000000000
--- a/tests/config/unix.exp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-#   Copyright (C) 1997 - 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
-#    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-#    (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#    GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
-#    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-#    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
-
-# Please email any bugs, comments, and/or additions to this file to:
-# hamlib-developer@lists.sourceforge.net
-
-set RIGCTL "../rigctl"
-set verbose 0
-
-if ![info exists prompt] then {
-    set prompt "Rig command: "
-}
-#
-# rigctl_version -- extract and print the version number of rigctl
-#
-
-proc rigctl_version {} {
-	global RIGCTL
-	global prompt
-	set tmp [exec $RIGCTL --version]
-	regexp "Hamlib version *(\[^\n\]*)\n.*" $tmp tmp version
-	clone_output "[which $RIGCTL] version $version\n"
-}
-#
-# rigctl_load -- loads the program
-#
-proc rigctl_load { arg } {
-	#
-}
-
-#
-# rigctl_exit -- quit and cleanup
-#
-proc rigctl_exit {} {
-	send "quit\n"
-}
-
-#
-# rigctl_start -- start rigctl running
-#
-proc rigctl_start {} {
-	global RIGCTL
-	global prompt
-	global spawn_id
-	global verbose
-
-	if { $verbose > 1 } {
-		send_user "starting $RIGCTL\n"
-	}
-	spawn $RIGCTL
-	expect {
-		-re "No such file.*" { perror "Can't start $RIGCTL"; exit 1 }
-		-re "$prompt$" { }
-		#FIXME
-		#-re "rig: dlsym\(initrigs_([^\)]*)\) failed.*" { perror "Can't find backend $expect_out(1,string)"; exit 1 }
-		timeout { perror "Failed to spawn $RIGCTL (timeout)"; exit 1 }
-	}
-}
-
-rigctl_start
-send "v\n"
-expect { -re ""}
-expect { -re "v*"}
-expect { -re "VFO:*"}
-expect { -re "Rig Command:"}
-#send "f\n"
-#expect { -re "Frequency:*"}
-#interact
-#send "m\n"
-#expect { -re "Mode:*"}
-#send "t\n"
-#expect { -re "PTT:*"}
-rigctl_exit
diff --git a/tests/rigctl.test/rigctl.exp b/tests/rigctl.test/rigctl.exp
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b13f2f57..000000000
--- a/tests/rigctl.test/rigctl.exp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-#   Copyright (C) 1997 - 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
-#    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-#    (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#    GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
-#    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-#    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
-
-# Please email any bugs, comments, and/or additions to this file to:
-# hamlib-developer@lists.sourceforge.net
-
-set timeout 3
-#
-# expectations that clean up in case of error. Note that '$test' is
-# a purely local variable.
-#
-# The first of these is used to match any bad responses, and resynchronise
-# things by finding a prompt. The second is a timeout error, and shouldn't
-# ever be triggered.
-#
-expect_after {
-	-re "\[^\n\r\]*$prompt$" {
-		fail "$test (bad match)"
-		if { $verbose > 0 } {
-			regexp ".*\r\n(\[^\r\n\]+)(\[\r\n\])+$prompt$" \
-						$expect_out(buffer) "" output
-			send_user "\tUnmatched output: \"$output\"\n"
-		}
-	}
-	timeout {
-		fail "$test (timeout)"
-	}
-}
-#
-# Here are the tests
-#
-set test "help"
-send "?\n"
-expect {
-	-re "Commands \\(may not be available for this rig\\):.*$prompt$"	{ pass "$test" }
-}
-
-set test "nocmd"
-send "\n"
-expect {
-	-re "\\? for help, q to quit\\..*$prompt$"		{ pass "$test" }
-}
-
-set test "info"
-send "\\get_info\n"
-expect {
-	-re "Info:.*$prompt$"		{ pass "$test" }
-}
diff --git a/tests/testbcd.test/testbcd.exp b/tests/testbcd.test/testbcd.exp
deleted file mode 100644
index 656bf6d35..000000000
--- a/tests/testbcd.test/testbcd.exp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#   Copyright (C) 1997 - 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
-#    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-#    (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#    GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
-#    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-#    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
-
-# Please email any bugs, comments, and/or additions to this file to:
-# hamlib-developer@lists.sourceforge.net
-
-set TESTBCD "$srcdir/testbcd"
-
-#
-# Here are the tests
-#
-
-# BCD: 44,34,33,22,12
-# BCD: 12,22,33,34,44
-proc test_bcd { test freq digits bcdle bcdbe } {
-
-	global TESTBCD
-	set tmp [exec $TESTBCD $freq $digits]
-
-	set pat ".*Little Endian mode\nFrequency: $freq\nBCD: $bcdle\nResult after recoding: $freq\n\nBig Endian mode\nFrequency: $freq\nBCD: $bcdbe\nResult after recoding: $freq$"
-	if [regexp $pat $tmp] {
-		pass "$test"
-	} else {
-		clone_output "Expected le: $bcdle, be: $bcdbe, got:\n$tmp"
-		fail "$test"
-	}
-}
-
-test_bcd "10/10 digits" 1222333444 10 "44,34,33,22,12" "12,22,33,34,44"
-test_bcd "9/10 digits" 999666333 10 "33,63,66,99,09" "09,99,66,63,33"
-test_bcd "8/10 digits" 87666333 10 "33,63,66,87,00" "00,87,66,63,33"
-test_bcd "1/10 digit" 1 10 "01,00,00,00,00" "00,00,00,00,01"
-
-# note the 10th digit which is undefined
-test_bcd "9/9 digits" 999666333 9 "33,63,66,99,.9" "99,96,66,33,3."
-test_bcd "8/9 digits" 87666333 9 "33,63,66,87,.0" "08,76,66,33,3."
-test_bcd "1/9 digit" 1 9 "01,00,00,00,.0" "00,00,00,00,1."
-
diff --git a/tests/testfreq.test/testfreq.exp b/tests/testfreq.test/testfreq.exp
deleted file mode 100644
index a636c3598..000000000
--- a/tests/testfreq.test/testfreq.exp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-#   Copyright (C) 1997 - 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
-#    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-#    (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#    GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
-#    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-#    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
-
-# Please email any bugs, comments, and/or additions to this file to:
-# hamlib-developer@lists.sourceforge.net
-
-set TESTFREQ "$srcdir/testfreq"
-
-#
-# Here are the tests
-#
-
-proc test_freq { test } {
-
-	global TESTFREQ
-	set tmp [exec $TESTFREQ]
-
-	set pat ".*GHz.2. = 2000000000\nGHz.4. = 4000000000\nGHz.5. = 5000000000\nGHz.1.3. = 1300000000\nGHz.1.234567890. = 1234567890\nGHz.123.456789012. = 123456789012$"
-	if [regexp $pat $tmp] {
-		pass "$test"
-	} else {
-		clone_output "Expected GHz holding on >32bits, got:\n$tmp"
-		fail "$test"
-		puts $pat
-	}
-}
-
-test_freq ">32bit freq's"
-
diff --git a/tests/testloc.test/testloc.exp b/tests/testloc.test/testloc.exp
deleted file mode 100644
index 763e037d5..000000000
--- a/tests/testloc.test/testloc.exp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-#   Copyright (C) 1997 - 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
-#    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-#    (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#    GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
-#    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-#    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
-
-# Please email any bugs, comments, and/or additions to this file to:
-# hamlib-developer@lists.sourceforge.net
-
-set TESTLOC "$srcdir/testloc"
-
-#
-# Here are the tests
-#
-
-# TODO: upcase locator
-proc test_loc1 { test loc } {
-
-	global TESTLOC
-	set tmp [exec $TESTLOC $loc]
-
-	set pat "Locator1: $loc\n.*Recoded: $loc$"
-	if [regexp $pat $tmp] {
-		pass "$test"
-	} else {
-		clone_output "Expected locator: $loc, got:\n$tmp"
-		fail "$test"
-	}
-}
-
-test_loc1 "Simple recorded loc" IN98EC
-test_loc1 "Simple recorded loc" EM19OV
-test_loc1 "Simple recorded loc" DM33DX
-test_loc1 "Simple recorded loc" IO93LA
-test_loc1 "Simple recorded loc" IO93MA
-test_loc1 "Simple recorded loc" IO93NA
-