diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/implicit-copy-1.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/implicit-copy-1.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index ed514a8fe1a..00000000000
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/implicit-copy-1.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-// error-pattern: cannot copy pinned type r
-
-resource r(i: @mutable int) {
-    *i = *i + 1;
-}
-
-fn movearg(i: r) {
-    // Implicit copy to mutate reference i
-    let j <- i;
-}
-
-fn main() {
-    let i = @mutable 0;
-    {
-        let j <- r(i);
-        movearg(j);
-    }
-    log_err *i;
-    // nooooooo. destructor ran twice
-    assert *i == 2;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/implicit-copy-2.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/implicit-copy-2.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index c56655ba322..00000000000
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/implicit-copy-2.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-// error-pattern: cannot copy pinned type 'a
-
-resource r(i: @mutable int) {
-    *i = *i + 1;
-}
-
-fn movearg<pin T>(i: T) {
-    // Implicit copy to mutate reference i
-    let j <- i;
-}
-
-fn main() {
-    let i = @mutable 0;
-    {
-        let j <- r(i);
-        movearg(j);
-    }
-    log_err *i;
-    // nooooooo. destructor ran twice
-    assert *i == 2;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/run-fail/bug-811.rs b/src/test/run-fail/bug-811.rs
index c9ebbfe5d08..95041c72ca8 100644
--- a/src/test/run-fail/bug-811.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-fail/bug-811.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // error-pattern:quux
-fn test00_start(ch: chan_t<int>, message: int) { send(ch, message); }
+fn test00_start(ch: chan_t<int>, message: int) { send(ch, copy message); }
 
 type task_id = int;
 type port_id = int;