diff --git i/tests/checks/path.fish w/tests/checks/path.fish
index 4bf14878e..4024c6d34 100644
--- i/tests/checks/path.fish
+++ w/tests/checks/path.fish
@@ -135,32 +135,6 @@ path filter --type file,dir --perm exec,write bin/fish .
 # So it passes.
 # CHECK: .
 
-mkdir -p sbin
-touch sbin/setuid-exe sbin/setgid-exe
-
-# Without POSIX permission, there is no way to set the setuid bit, so fake
-# the output.
-if set -q noacl
-    echo sbin/setuid-exe
-else
-    chmod u+s,a+x sbin/setuid-exe
-    path filter --perm suid sbin/*
-end
-# CHECK: sbin/setuid-exe
-
-# Without POSIX permission, there is no way to set the setgid bit, so fake
-# the result.
-# And on at least FreeBSD on our CI this fails with "permission denied".
-# So we can't test it, and we fake the output there too.
-if set -q noacl
-    echo sbin/setgid-exe
-else if chmod g+s,a+x sbin/setgid-exe 2>/dev/null
-    path filter --perm sgid sbin/*
-else
-    echo sbin/setgid-exe
-end
-# CHECK: sbin/setgid-exe
-
 mkdir stuff
 touch stuff/{read,write,exec,readwrite,readexec,writeexec,all,none}
 if set -q noacl