diff --git a/testsuite/cmake/test_doxygen.sh b/testsuite/cmake/test_doxygen.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 18d7898cbd4..00000000000
--- a/testsuite/cmake/test_doxygen.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# load bash unit testing library
-source BashUnitTests.sh
-
-# test Doxygen documentation
-function test_Doxygen() {
-  assert_non_zero "$(ls @CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/doc/doxygen/html/*_8hpp_source.html    | wc -l)" "No output for .hpp sources"
-  assert_non_zero "$(ls @CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/doc/doxygen/html/*_8hpp.html           | wc -l)" "No output for C++ headers"
-  assert_non_zero "$(ls @CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/doc/doxygen/html/*_8cpp_source.html    | wc -l)" "No output for .cpp sources"
-  assert_non_zero "$(ls @CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/doc/doxygen/html/*_8cpp.html           | wc -l)" "No output for C++ code"
-  assert_non_zero "$(ls @CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/doc/doxygen/html/*_8cu_source.html     | wc -l)" "No output for .cu sources"
-  assert_non_zero "$(ls @CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/doc/doxygen/html/*_8cu.html            | wc -l)" "No output for C++ CUDA"
-  assert_non_zero "$(ls @CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/doc/doxygen/html/struct*.html          | wc -l)" "No output for C++ structs"
-  assert_non_zero "$(ls @CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/doc/doxygen/html/class*.html           | wc -l)" "No output for C++ classes"
-  assert_non_zero "$(ls @CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/doc/doxygen/html/namespace*.html       | wc -l)" "No output for C++ namespaces"
-  assert_non_zero "$(ls @CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/doc/doxygen/html/functions_func_*.html | wc -l)" "No output for C++ functions/methods"
-  assert_non_zero "$(ls @CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/doc/doxygen/html/functions_vars_*.html | wc -l)" "No output for C++ variables/members"
-}
-
-# run tests
-run_test_suite
-
diff --git a/testsuite/cmake/test_sphinx.sh b/testsuite/cmake/test_sphinx.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 90f6201dfa6..00000000000
--- a/testsuite/cmake/test_sphinx.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# load bash unit testing library
-source BashUnitTests.sh
-
-# test Sphinx documentation
-function test_Sphinx() {
-  local OUTDIR="install"
-  for filepath in "@CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/doc/sphinx/modules.rst" \
-                  "@CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/doc/sphinx/html/modules.html" \
-                  "@CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/doc/sphinx/html/index.html" \
-                  ;
-  do
-    assert_file_exists "${filepath}"
-  done
-}
-
-# run tests
-run_test_suite
-