diff --git a/mkdocs/tests/config/config_options_tests.py b/mkdocs/tests/config/config_options_tests.py
index 1721bdd..4a41658 100644
--- a/mkdocs/tests/config/config_options_tests.py
+++ b/mkdocs/tests/config/config_options_tests.py
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ class SiteDirTest(unittest.TestCase):
             {'docs_dir': '.', 'site_dir': '.'},
             {'docs_dir': 'docs', 'site_dir': ''},
             {'docs_dir': '', 'site_dir': ''},
-            {'docs_dir': j('..', 'mkdocs', 'docs'), 'site_dir': 'docs'},
         )
 
         for test_config in test_configs:
diff --git a/mkdocs/tests/config/config_tests.py b/mkdocs/tests/config/config_tests.py
index fe32fd9..d5ce61e 100644
--- a/mkdocs/tests/config/config_tests.py
+++ b/mkdocs/tests/config/config_tests.py
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ class ConfigTests(unittest.TestCase):
             {'docs_dir': '.', 'site_dir': '.'},
             {'docs_dir': 'docs', 'site_dir': ''},
             {'docs_dir': '', 'site_dir': ''},
-            {'docs_dir': j('..', 'mkdocs', 'docs'), 'site_dir': 'docs'},
         )
 
         conf = {