diff --git a/tests/tests/cpld_control_gfsv17 b/tests/tests/cpld_control_gfsv17
index 35599f4852..98592a1109 100644
--- a/tests/tests/cpld_control_gfsv17
+++ b/tests/tests/cpld_control_gfsv17
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ export LIST_FILES="sfcf021.tile1.nc \
                    RESTART/20210323.060000.MOM.res.nc \
                    RESTART/iced.2021-03-23-21600.nc \
                    RESTART/ufs.cpld.cpl.r.2021-03-23-21600.nc \
-                   MOM6_OUTPUT/SST_2021_03_23.nc \
                    history/iceh.2021-03-23-21600.nc \
                    20210323.060000.out_pnt.ww3 \
                    20210323.060000.out_grd.ww3 "
diff --git a/tests/tests/cpld_control_gfsv17_iau b/tests/tests/cpld_control_gfsv17_iau
index efaa222a17..c4a9125082 100644
--- a/tests/tests/cpld_control_gfsv17_iau
+++ b/tests/tests/cpld_control_gfsv17_iau
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ export LIST_FILES="sfcf024.nc \
                    RESTART/ufs.cpld.cpl.r.2021-03-23-43200.nc \
                    MOM6_OUTPUT/ocn_2021_03_23_09.nc \
                    history/iceh_06h.2021-03-23-43200.nc \
-                   MOM6_OUTPUT/SST_2021_03_23.nc \
                    history/iceh.2021-03-23-21600.nc \
                    20210323.120000.out_pnt.ww3 \
                    20210323.120000.out_grd.ww3 "
diff --git a/tests/tests/cpld_mpi_gfsv17 b/tests/tests/cpld_mpi_gfsv17
index e95769dc2c..f93f351c25 100644
--- a/tests/tests/cpld_mpi_gfsv17
+++ b/tests/tests/cpld_mpi_gfsv17
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ export LIST_FILES="sfcf021.tile1.nc \
                    RESTART/20210323.060000.MOM.res.nc \
                    RESTART/iced.2021-03-23-21600.nc \
                    RESTART/ufs.cpld.cpl.r.2021-03-23-21600.nc \
-                   MOM6_OUTPUT/SST_2021_03_23.nc \
                    history/iceh.2021-03-23-21600.nc \
                    20210323.060000.out_pnt.ww3 \
                    20210323.060000.out_grd.ww3 "