diff --git a/t/t3512-cherry-pick-submodule.sh b/t/t3512-cherry-pick-submodule.sh
index 6863b7bb6f..059213767e 100755
--- a/t/t3512-cherry-pick-submodule.sh
+++ b/t/t3512-cherry-pick-submodule.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ test_description='cherry-pick can handle submodules'
 . ./test-lib.sh
 . "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-submodule-update.sh
 
-KNOWN_FAILURE_CHERRY_PICK_SEES_EMPTY_COMMIT=1
 KNOWN_FAILURE_NOFF_MERGE_DOESNT_CREATE_EMPTY_SUBMODULE_DIR=1
 KNOWN_FAILURE_NOFF_MERGE_ATTEMPTS_TO_MERGE_REMOVED_SUBMODULE_FILES=1
 test_submodule_switch "git cherry-pick"
diff --git a/t/t3513-revert-submodule.sh b/t/t3513-revert-submodule.sh
index db9378142a..5e39fcdb66 100755
--- a/t/t3513-revert-submodule.sh
+++ b/t/t3513-revert-submodule.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ git_revert () {
 	git revert HEAD
 }
 
-KNOWN_FAILURE_CHERRY_PICK_SEES_EMPTY_COMMIT=1
 KNOWN_FAILURE_NOFF_MERGE_DOESNT_CREATE_EMPTY_SUBMODULE_DIR=1
 test_submodule_switch "git_revert"