diff --git a/tests/everest/test_data/shell_commands/CREATE_FILE b/tests/everest/test_data/shell_commands/CREATE_FILE
deleted file mode 100755
index 37d792474bf..00000000000
--- a/tests/everest/test_data/shell_commands/CREATE_FILE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-EXECUTABLE  create_file.py
diff --git a/tests/everest/test_data/shell_commands/config_shell_commands.yml b/tests/everest/test_data/shell_commands/config_shell_commands.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a2d1451b9cb..00000000000
--- a/tests/everest/test_data/shell_commands/config_shell_commands.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-controls:
-  -
-    name: not_really_important_for_this_test
-    type: generic_control
-    min: -1.0
-    max: 1.0
-    initial_guess: 0
-    variables:
-        - name: x
-
-objective_functions:
-  -
-    name: not_really_important_for_this_test
-
-optimization:
-  algorithm: optpp_q_newton
-
-install_jobs:
-  -
-    name: create_file
-    source: CREATE_FILE
-
-model:
-  realizations: [0]
-
-forward_model:
-  - create_file -n new_test_file.txt
-  - make_directory created_test_folder
-  - copy_directory created_test_folder test_folder_copy
-  - copy_file new_test_file.txt created_test_folder/new_test_file_copy.txt
-  - move_file new_test_file.txt created_test_folder/new_test_file.txt
-  - symlink created_test_folder/new_test_file.txt sym_link
-
-environment:
-  simulation_folder: sim_output
-  log_level: debug
diff --git a/tests/everest/test_data/shell_commands/create_file.py b/tests/everest/test_data/shell_commands/create_file.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 57b0b7335f1..00000000000
--- a/tests/everest/test_data/shell_commands/create_file.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-import argparse
-
-
-def main():
-    arg_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    arg_parser.add_argument("--name", "-n", type=str, required=True)
-    options = arg_parser.parse_args()
-
-    with open(options.name, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-        f.write("Let there be a file!")
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
diff --git a/tests/everest/test_res_initialization.py b/tests/everest/test_res_initialization.py
index 46903c6c111..334eb4bded3 100644
--- a/tests/everest/test_res_initialization.py
+++ b/tests/everest/test_res_initialization.py
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ def test_everest_to_ert_controls():
         "wdset",
         "wdcompl",
         "wddatefilter",
+        "make_directory",
+        "copy_directory",
+        "copy_file",
+        "move_file",
+        "symlink",
     ],
 )
 def test_default_installed_jobs(tmp_path, monkeypatch, name):
diff --git a/tests/everest/test_shell_scripts.py b/tests/everest/test_shell_scripts.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e6b2ead21f0..00000000000
--- a/tests/everest/test_shell_scripts.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-from ert.resources import all_shell_script_fm_steps
-from everest.config.everest_config import EverestConfig, get_system_installed_jobs
-from tests.everest.utils import relpath
-
-
-def test_everest_shell_commands_list():
-    # Check list of defined shell commands are part of the list of ert
-    # installed system jobs
-    system_installed_jobs = get_system_installed_jobs()
-    for command_name in all_shell_script_fm_steps:
-        assert command_name in system_installed_jobs
-
-
-def test_default_shell_scripts():
-    config_path = relpath("test_data", "shell_commands", "config_shell_commands.yml")
-    # Check that a config file containing default shell jobs as part of the
-    # forward-model section is valid
-    EverestConfig.load_file(config_path)