diff --git a/tests/unit/test-bdrv-drain.c b/tests/unit/test-bdrv-drain.c
index c52ba2db4e..ef154b6536 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test-bdrv-drain.c
+++ b/tests/unit/test-bdrv-drain.c
@@ -1316,7 +1316,6 @@ struct detach_by_parent_data {
     BdrvChild *child_b;
     BlockDriverState *c;
     BdrvChild *child_c;
-    bool by_parent_cb;
 };
 static struct detach_by_parent_data detach_by_parent_data;
 
@@ -1334,12 +1333,7 @@ static void detach_indirect_bh(void *opaque)
 
 static void detach_by_parent_aio_cb(void *opaque, int ret)
 {
-    struct detach_by_parent_data *data = &detach_by_parent_data;
-
     g_assert_cmpint(ret, ==, 0);
-    if (data->by_parent_cb) {
-        detach_indirect_bh(data);
-    }
 }
 
 static BdrvChildClass detach_by_driver_cb_class;
@@ -1361,31 +1355,24 @@ static void detach_by_driver_cb_drained_begin(BdrvChild *child)
  *    \ /   \
  *     A     B     C
  *
- * by_parent_cb == true:  Test that parent callbacks don't poll
- *
- *     PA has a pending write request whose callback changes the child nodes of
- *     PB: It removes B and adds C instead. The subtree of PB is drained, which
- *     will indirectly drain the write request, too.
- *
- * by_parent_cb == false: Test that bdrv_drain_invoke() doesn't poll
+ * Test that bdrv_drain_invoke() doesn't poll
  *
  *     PA's BdrvChildClass has a .drained_begin callback that schedules a BH
  *     that does the same graph change. If bdrv_drain_invoke() calls it, the
  *     state is messed up, but if it is only polled in the single
  *     BDRV_POLL_WHILE() at the end of the drain, this should work fine.
  */
-static void test_detach_indirect(bool by_parent_cb)
+static void test_detach_indirect(void)
 {
     BlockBackend *blk;
     BlockDriverState *parent_a, *parent_b, *a, *b, *c;
     BdrvChild *child_a, *child_b;
     BlockAIOCB *acb;
+    BDRVTestState *s;
 
     QEMUIOVector qiov = QEMU_IOVEC_INIT_BUF(qiov, NULL, 0);
 
-    if (!by_parent_cb) {
-        detach_by_driver_cb_class = child_of_bds;
-    }
+    detach_by_driver_cb_class = child_of_bds;
 
     /* Create all involved nodes */
     parent_a = bdrv_new_open_driver(&bdrv_test, "parent-a", BDRV_O_RDWR,
@@ -1404,10 +1391,8 @@ static void test_detach_indirect(bool by_parent_cb)
 
     /* If we want to get bdrv_drain_invoke() to call aio_poll(), the driver
      * callback must not return immediately. */
-    if (!by_parent_cb) {
-        BDRVTestState *s = parent_a->opaque;
-        s->sleep_in_drain_begin = true;
-    }
+    s = parent_a->opaque;
+    s->sleep_in_drain_begin = true;
 
     /* Set child relationships */
     bdrv_ref(b);
@@ -1419,7 +1404,7 @@ static void test_detach_indirect(bool by_parent_cb)
 
     bdrv_ref(a);
     bdrv_attach_child(parent_a, a, "PA-A",
-                      by_parent_cb ? &child_of_bds : &detach_by_driver_cb_class,
+                      &detach_by_driver_cb_class,
                       BDRV_CHILD_DATA, &error_abort);
 
     g_assert_cmpint(parent_a->refcnt, ==, 1);
@@ -1437,16 +1422,13 @@ static void test_detach_indirect(bool by_parent_cb)
         .parent_b = parent_b,
         .child_b = child_b,
         .c = c,
-        .by_parent_cb = by_parent_cb,
     };
     acb = blk_aio_preadv(blk, 0, &qiov, 0, detach_by_parent_aio_cb, NULL);
     g_assert(acb != NULL);
 
-    if (!by_parent_cb) {
-        /* set .drained_begin cb to run only in the following drain. */
-        detach_by_driver_cb_class.drained_begin =
-            detach_by_driver_cb_drained_begin;
-    }
+    /* set .drained_begin cb to run only in the following drain. */
+    detach_by_driver_cb_class.drained_begin =
+        detach_by_driver_cb_drained_begin;
 
     /* Drain and check the expected result */
     bdrv_subtree_drained_begin(parent_b);
@@ -1482,14 +1464,9 @@ static void test_detach_indirect(bool by_parent_cb)
     bdrv_unref(c);
 }
 
-static void test_detach_by_parent_cb(void)
-{
-    test_detach_indirect(true);
-}
-
 static void test_detach_by_driver_cb(void)
 {
-    test_detach_indirect(false);
+    test_detach_indirect();
 }
 
 static void test_append_to_drained(void)
@@ -2244,7 +2221,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     g_test_add_func("/bdrv-drain/detach/drain_all", test_detach_by_drain_all);
     g_test_add_func("/bdrv-drain/detach/drain", test_detach_by_drain);
     g_test_add_func("/bdrv-drain/detach/drain_subtree", test_detach_by_drain_subtree);
-    g_test_add_func("/bdrv-drain/detach/parent_cb", test_detach_by_parent_cb);
     g_test_add_func("/bdrv-drain/detach/driver_cb", test_detach_by_driver_cb);
 
     g_test_add_func("/bdrv-drain/attach/drain", test_append_to_drained);
