diff --git a/test/cases/dsl-functional-tests/0051/expout b/test/cases/dsl-functional-tests/0051/expout
index d14a2c4d2a..97353ee3a8 100644
--- a/test/cases/dsl-functional-tests/0051/expout
+++ b/test/cases/dsl-functional-tests/0051/expout
@@ -60,5 +60,3 @@
     "zsgnt": "int"
   }
 ]
-[
-]
diff --git a/test/cases/dsl-output-redirects/0071/expout b/test/cases/dsl-output-redirects/0071/expout
index 4a1435f7c3..eed189aadb 100644
--- a/test/cases/dsl-output-redirects/0071/expout
+++ b/test/cases/dsl-output-redirects/0071/expout
@@ -9,5 +9,3 @@ x
 8
 9
 10
-[
-]
diff --git a/test/cases/dsl-sorts/sorta-natural/expout b/test/cases/dsl-sorts/sorta-natural/expout
index 01349be341..05972250ac 100644
--- a/test/cases/dsl-sorts/sorta-natural/expout
+++ b/test/cases/dsl-sorts/sorta-natural/expout
@@ -2,5 +2,3 @@
 ["X200", "X20", "X2", "X100", "X10", "X1"]
 ["X1", "X2", "X10", "X20", "X100", "X200"]
 ["X200", "X100", "X20", "X10", "X2", "X1"]
-[
-]
diff --git a/test/cases/dsl-sorts/sortmf-within/expout b/test/cases/dsl-sorts/sortmf-within/expout
index c683738c5b..acb15cce56 100644
--- a/test/cases/dsl-sorts/sortmf-within/expout
+++ b/test/cases/dsl-sorts/sortmf-within/expout
@@ -18,5 +18,3 @@
   "b": 2,
   "c": 1
 }
-[
-]
diff --git a/test/cases/io-multi/0053/expout b/test/cases/io-multi/0053/expout
index 0d4f101c7a..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/test/cases/io-multi/0053/expout
+++ b/test/cases/io-multi/0053/expout
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[
-]
diff --git a/test/cases/io-multi/0057/expout b/test/cases/io-multi/0057/expout
index 0d4f101c7a..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/test/cases/io-multi/0057/expout
+++ b/test/cases/io-multi/0057/expout
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[
-]