diff --git a/tests/generic/empty/empty_test_0.sv b/tests/generic/empty/empty_test_0.sv
index 20837e2ab57d6..e03f8972016d5 100644
--- a/tests/generic/empty/empty_test_0.sv
+++ b/tests/generic/empty/empty_test_0.sv
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /*
 :name: empty_test_0
 :description: Test
-:type: preprocessing
 :tags: 5.3 5.4
 */
diff --git a/tests/generic/empty/empty_test_1.sv b/tests/generic/empty/empty_test_1.sv
index ebe456873656a..9f6af25d5c0fc 100644
--- a/tests/generic/empty/empty_test_1.sv
+++ b/tests/generic/empty/empty_test_1.sv
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /*
 :name: empty_test_1
 :description: Test
-:type: preprocessing
 :tags: 5.3 5.4
 */
     
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/generic/empty/empty_test_2.sv b/tests/generic/empty/empty_test_2.sv
index 6960b3e199e41..854223cbda326 100644
--- a/tests/generic/empty/empty_test_2.sv
+++ b/tests/generic/empty/empty_test_2.sv
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /*
 :name: empty_test_2
 :description: Test
-:type: preprocessing
 :tags: 5.3 5.4
 */
 			
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/generic/empty/empty_test_3.sv b/tests/generic/empty/empty_test_3.sv
index e53dedd7f70f2..7f95b6c9d2088 100644
--- a/tests/generic/empty/empty_test_3.sv
+++ b/tests/generic/empty/empty_test_3.sv
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /*
 :name: empty_test_3
 :description: Test
-:type: preprocessing
 :tags: 5.3 5.4
 */
 
diff --git a/tests/generic/empty/empty_test_4.sv b/tests/generic/empty/empty_test_4.sv
index f78a5293ffdd6..2e2913febccca 100644
--- a/tests/generic/empty/empty_test_4.sv
+++ b/tests/generic/empty/empty_test_4.sv
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /*
 :name: empty_test_4
 :description: Test
-:type: preprocessing
 :tags: 5.3 5.4
 */
 // comment
diff --git a/tests/generic/empty/empty_test_5.sv b/tests/generic/empty/empty_test_5.sv
index a752af320f447..ecb09a3f6a479 100644
--- a/tests/generic/empty/empty_test_5.sv
+++ b/tests/generic/empty/empty_test_5.sv
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /*
 :name: empty_test_5
 :description: Test
-:type: preprocessing
 :tags: 5.3 5.4
 */
 /* comment */