diff --git a/cfg/posix.cfg b/cfg/posix.cfg
index d34385419..2eebaf315 100644
--- a/cfg/posix.cfg
+++ b/cfg/posix.cfg
@@ -2933,16 +2933,6 @@ The function 'mktemp' is considered to be dangerous due to race conditions and s
     </arg>
     <arg nr="2"/>
   </function>
-  <!-- int remove(const char *pathname); -->
-  <function name="remove">
-    <returnValue type="int"/>
-    <noreturn>false</noreturn>
-    <leak-ignore/>
-    <arg nr="1">
-      <not-uninit/>
-      <not-null/>
-    </arg>
-  </function>
   <!-- int fileno(FILE *stream);-->
   <function name="fileno">
     <returnValue type="int"/>
diff --git a/test/cfg/generated-cfg-tests-posix.cpp b/test/cfg/generated-cfg-tests-posix.cpp
index c23ae091c..a45b47b2b 100644
--- a/test/cfg/generated-cfg-tests-posix.cpp
+++ b/test/cfg/generated-cfg-tests-posix.cpp
@@ -5906,30 +5906,6 @@ void test__realpath__arg1__notuninit() {
   realpath(x, arg2);
 }
 
-void test__remove__noreturn() {
-  int x = 1;
-  if (cond) { x=100; remove(arg1); }
-  // cppcheck-suppress shiftTooManyBits
-  x = 1 << x;
-}
-
-void test__remove__leakignore() {
-  char *p = malloc(10); *p=0;
-  remove(p);
-  // cppcheck-suppress memleak
-}
-
-void test__remove__arg1__notnull() {
-  // cppcheck-suppress nullPointer
-  remove(NULL);
-}
-
-void test__remove__arg1__notuninit() {
-  int x[10];
-  // cppcheck-suppress uninitvar
-  remove(x);
-}
-
 void test__fileno__noreturn() {
   int x = 1;
   if (cond) { x=100; result = fileno(arg1); }