diff --git a/t/t9100-git-svn-basic.sh b/t/t9100-git-svn-basic.sh
index 22d8367ff3..4ad5087a12 100755
--- a/t/t9100-git-svn-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t9100-git-svn-basic.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ GIT_SVN_LC_ALL=${LC_ALL:-$LANG}
 
 . ./lib-git-svn.sh
 
-say 'define NO_SVN_TESTS to skip git svn tests'
-
 case "$GIT_SVN_LC_ALL" in
 *.UTF-8)
 	test_set_prereq UTF8
diff --git a/t/t9158-git-svn-mergeinfo.sh b/t/t9158-git-svn-mergeinfo.sh
index 13f78f2682..a875b45102 100755
--- a/t/t9158-git-svn-mergeinfo.sh
+++ b/t/t9158-git-svn-mergeinfo.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ test_description='git svn mergeinfo propagation'
 
 . ./lib-git-svn.sh
 
-say 'define NO_SVN_TESTS to skip git svn tests'
-
 test_expect_success 'initialize source svn repo' '
 	svn_cmd mkdir -m x "$svnrepo"/trunk &&
 	svn_cmd co "$svnrepo"/trunk "$SVN_TREE" &&
diff --git a/t/t9160-git-svn-preserve-empty-dirs.sh b/t/t9160-git-svn-preserve-empty-dirs.sh
index b4a4434604..0ede3cfedb 100755
--- a/t/t9160-git-svn-preserve-empty-dirs.sh
+++ b/t/t9160-git-svn-preserve-empty-dirs.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ local Git repository with placeholder files.'
 
 . ./lib-git-svn.sh
 
-say 'define NO_SVN_TESTS to skip git svn tests'
 GIT_REPO=git-svn-repo
 
 test_expect_success 'initialize source svn repo containing empty dirs' '