diff --git a/tests/metrics/func_ptr.c b/tests/metrics/func_ptr.c
index a120dc650f915d5c3415a71b91e53e1f3f33e1df..7752cc707be171e28642746b6df6b779420c90e7 100644
--- a/tests/metrics/func_ptr.c
+++ b/tests/metrics/func_ptr.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* run.config
-   STDOPT: +"-metrics-eva-cover -metrics-cover main -load-module scope"
-   STDOPT: +"-metrics-eva-cover -main foobar -metrics-cover foobar -load-module scope"
+   STDOPT: +"-metrics-eva-cover -metrics-cover main"
+   STDOPT: +"-metrics-eva-cover -main foobar -metrics-cover foobar"
 **/
 
 void (*bar) (int);  extern void (*bar_extern) (int);
diff --git a/tests/metrics/reach.c b/tests/metrics/reach.c
index 6d97321828cf790d4313ec54b1560163b17639f5..1fdcc0eb74536cacfed37f44d9c914779a35c886 100644
--- a/tests/metrics/reach.c
+++ b/tests/metrics/reach.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* run.config
-   STDOPT: +"-metrics-by-function -metrics-eva-cover -load-module scope"
+   STDOPT: +"-metrics-by-function -metrics-eva-cover"
 **/
 
 void (*bar) (int); void (*t[2])(int);
diff --git a/tests/metrics/test_config b/tests/metrics/test_config
index b962f245964edc90538fd7dce79bb116b131f8a2..dc12a1081216edc3d0a92f5840af21499aba1632 100644
--- a/tests/metrics/test_config
+++ b/tests/metrics/test_config
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 PLUGIN: metrics
-OPT: -load-module scope -metrics
+OPT: -metrics
diff --git a/tests/metrics/unreachable.c b/tests/metrics/unreachable.c
index f841cf08abe275fffd5102b56b992829a7beed1e..792ca4962b48f3c72a7f59dc4f8e3e25c968fbf4 100644
--- a/tests/metrics/unreachable.c
+++ b/tests/metrics/unreachable.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* run.config
-   STDOPT: +"-load-module scope -metrics-eva-cover -then -main foo"
+   STDOPT: +"-metrics-eva-cover -then -main foo"
 **/
 void foo () {
   int i = 0;