diff --git a/mysql-test/include/have_log_bin.inc b/mysql-test/include/have_log_bin.inc
index eb2529dae3b..fd5dc66e416 100644
--- a/mysql-test/include/have_log_bin.inc
+++ b/mysql-test/include/have_log_bin.inc
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 source include/not_embedded.inc;
 
--- require include/have_log_bin.require
-disable_query_log;
-show variables like 'log_bin';
-enable_query_log;
+if (`select not @@log_bin`) {
+  skip Test requires: 'have_log_bin';
+}
diff --git a/mysql-test/include/have_log_bin.require b/mysql-test/include/have_log_bin.require
deleted file mode 100644
index d4fd77e4f8d..00000000000
--- a/mysql-test/include/have_log_bin.require
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Variable_name	Value
-log_bin	ON