diff --git a/tests/api/api-h264-slice-test.c b/tests/api/api-h264-slice-test.c
index b893737bca..dee93b8349 100644
--- a/tests/api/api-h264-slice-test.c
+++ b/tests/api/api-h264-slice-test.c
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 
 #define MAX_SLICES 8
 
-// ./fate 2 ./crew_cif out.y4m
-
 #include "config.h"
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
@@ -121,8 +119,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     int nals = 0, ret = 0;
     char *p;
 
-    if (argc < 4) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <threads> <input file> <output file>\n", argv[0]);
+    if (argc < 3) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <threads> <input file>\n", argv[0]);
         return -1;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/fate/api.mak b/tests/fate/api.mak
index 132c38f2c2..3714f900bd 100644
--- a/tests/fate/api.mak
+++ b/tests/fate/api.mak
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ fate-api-h264: CMD = run $(APITESTSDIR)/api-h264-test $(TARGET_SAMPLES)/h264-con
 
 FATE_API_SAMPLES_LIBAVFORMAT-$(call DEMDEC, H264, H264) += fate-api-h264-slice
 fate-api-h264-slice: $(APITESTSDIR)/api-h264-slice-test$(EXESUF)
-fate-api-h264-slice: CMD = run $(APITESTSDIR)/api-h264-slice-test 2 $(TARGET_SAMPLES)/h264/crew_cif.nal api-h264-slice.h264
+fate-api-h264-slice: CMD = run $(APITESTSDIR)/api-h264-slice-test 2 $(TARGET_SAMPLES)/h264/crew_cif.nal
 
 FATE_API_LIBAVFORMAT-$(call DEMDEC, FLV, FLV) += fate-api-seek
 fate-api-seek: $(APITESTSDIR)/api-seek-test$(EXESUF) fate-lavf-flv_fmt