diff --git a/t/mdwn.t b/t/mdwn.t
index ca3180139..d64750403 100755
--- a/t/mdwn.t
+++ b/t/mdwn.t
@@ -16,32 +16,17 @@ is(IkiWiki::htmlize("foo", "foo", "mdwn",
 	"C. S. Lewis wrote books\n"),
 	"<p>C. S. Lewis wrote books</p>\n", "alphalist off by default");
 
-$config{mdwn_alpha_lists} = 1;
-like(IkiWiki::htmlize("foo", "foo", "mdwn",
-	"A. One\n".
-	"B. Two\n"),
-	qr{<ol\W}, "alphalist can be enabled");
-
 $config{mdwn_alpha_lists} = 0;
 like(IkiWiki::htmlize("foo", "foo", "mdwn",
 	"A. One\n".
 	"B. Two\n"),
 	qr{<p>A. One\sB. Two</p>\n}, "alphalist can be disabled");
 
-like(IkiWiki::htmlize("foo", "foo", "mdwn",
-	"This works[^1]\n\n[^1]: Sometimes it doesn't.\n"),
-	qr{<p>This works<sup\W}, "footnotes on by default");
-
 $config{mdwn_footnotes} = 0;
 like(IkiWiki::htmlize("foo", "foo", "mdwn",
 	"An unusual link label: [^1]\n\n[^1]: http://example.com/\n"),
 	qr{<a href="http://example\.com/">\^1</a>}, "footnotes can be disabled");
 
-$config{mdwn_footnotes} = 1;
-like(IkiWiki::htmlize("foo", "foo", "mdwn",
-	"This works[^1]\n\n[^1]: Sometimes it doesn't.\n"),
-	qr{<p>This works<sup\W}, "footnotes can be enabled");
-
 SKIP: {
 	skip 'set $IKIWIKI_TEST_ASSUME_MODERN_DISCOUNT if you have Discount 2.2.0+', 4
 		unless $ENV{IKIWIKI_TEST_ASSUME_MODERN_DISCOUNT};