diff --git a/tools/test_apps/protocols/mqtt/publish_connect_test/publish_connect_mqtt_.yml b/tools/test_apps/protocols/mqtt/publish_connect_test/publish_connect_mqtt_.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 70e13ef..0000000
--- a/tools/test_apps/protocols/mqtt/publish_connect_test/publish_connect_mqtt_.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-CaseConfig:
-- name: test_app_protocol_mqtt_publish_connect
diff --git a/tools/test_apps/protocols/mqtt/publish_connect_test/publish_connect_mqtt_qemu.yml b/tools/test_apps/protocols/mqtt/publish_connect_test/publish_connect_mqtt_qemu.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 06f1235..0000000
--- a/tools/test_apps/protocols/mqtt/publish_connect_test/publish_connect_mqtt_qemu.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-CaseConfig:
-- name: test_app_protocol_mqtt_publish_connect
-  overwrite:
-    dut:
-      class: ESP32QEMUDUT
-      package: ttfw_idf