diff --git a/acceptance/tests/resource/file/ticket_8740_should_not_enumerate_root_directory.rb b/acceptance/tests/resource/file/ticket_8740_should_not_enumerate_root_directory.rb
index 96ed8a5d62c..6ae9fa3a58e 100644
--- a/acceptance/tests/resource/file/ticket_8740_should_not_enumerate_root_directory.rb
+++ b/acceptance/tests/resource/file/ticket_8740_should_not_enumerate_root_directory.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 test_name "#8740: should not enumerate root directory"
 
 confine :except, :platform => 'windows'
-confine :except, :platform => /(osx-10.1[5-9]|osx-11-)/
+confine :except, :platform => 'osx'
 
 tag 'audit:high',
     'audit:refactor',   # Use block style `test_name`
diff --git a/acceptance/tests/resource/user/should_modify_home.rb b/acceptance/tests/resource/user/should_modify_home.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index a11cf73131e..00000000000
--- a/acceptance/tests/resource/user/should_modify_home.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-test_name "should modify the home directory of an user on OS X < 10.14" do
-  confine :to, :platform => /osx/
-  confine :except, :platform => /(osx-10.1[4-9]|osx-11-)/
-
-  tag 'audit:high',
-      'audit:acceptance' # Could be done as integration tests, but would
-                         # require changing the system running the test
-                       # in ways that might require special permissions
-                       # or be harmful to the system running the test
-
-  require 'puppet/acceptance/common_utils'
-  extend Puppet::Acceptance::BeakerUtils
-  extend Puppet::Acceptance::ManifestUtils
-
-  user = "pl#{rand(999999).to_i}"
-
-  agents.each do |agent|
-    teardown do
-      user_absent(agent, user)
-    end
-
-    step "ensure the user is present" do
-      agent.user_present(user)
-    end
-
-    step "verify that the user has the correct home" do
-      new_home = "/opt/#{user}"
-      user_manifest = resource_manifest('user', user, ensure: 'present', home: new_home)
-      apply_manifest_on(agent, user_manifest)
-
-      agent.user_get(user) do |result|
-        user_home = result.stdout.split(':')[8]
-        assert_equal(user_home, new_home, "Expected home: #{new_home}, actual home: #{user_home}")
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/acceptance/tests/resource/user/should_modify_uid.rb b/acceptance/tests/resource/user/should_modify_uid.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index a94988fa63d..00000000000
--- a/acceptance/tests/resource/user/should_modify_uid.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-test_name "should modify the uid of an user OS X < 10.14" do
-  confine :to, :platform => /osx/
-  confine :except, :platform => /(osx-10.1[4-9]|osx-11-)/
-
-  tag 'audit:high',
-      'audit:acceptance' # Could be done as integration tests, but would
-                         # require changing the system running the test
-                       # in ways that might require special permissions
-                       # or be harmful to the system running the test
-
-  require 'puppet/acceptance/common_utils'
-  extend Puppet::Acceptance::BeakerUtils
-  extend Puppet::Acceptance::ManifestUtils
-
-  user = "pl#{rand(999999).to_i}"
-
-  agents.each do |agent|
-    teardown do
-      user_absent(agent, user)
-    end
-
-    step "ensure the user is present" do
-      agent.user_present(user)
-    end
-
-    step "verify that the user has the correct uid" do
-      new_uid = rand(999999)
-      user_manifest = resource_manifest('user', user, ensure: 'present', uid: new_uid)
-      apply_manifest_on(agent, user_manifest)
-
-      agent.user_get(user) do |result|
-        user_uid = Integer(result.stdout.split(':')[2])
-        assert_equal(user_uid, new_uid, "Expected uid: #{new_uid}, actual uid: #{user_uid}")
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end