diff --git a/test/system/030-run.bats b/test/system/030-run.bats
index ab7daf3bd4..82d8eaa3f8 100644
--- a/test/system/030-run.bats
+++ b/test/system/030-run.bats
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ EOF
 
 # bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman run - uidmapping has no /sys/kernel mounts" {
-    skip_if_cgroupsv1 "run --uidmap fails on cgroups v1 (issue 15025, wontfix)"
     skip_if_rootless "cannot umount as rootless"
 
     run_podman run --rm --uidmap 0:100:10000 $IMAGE mount
@@ -1081,7 +1080,6 @@ EOF
 # rhbz#1902979 : podman run fails to update /etc/hosts when --uidmap is provided
 # bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman run update /etc/hosts" {
-    skip_if_cgroupsv1 "run --uidmap fails on cgroups v1 (issue 15025, wontfix)"
     HOST=$(random_string 25)
     run_podman run --uidmap 0:10001:10002 --rm --hostname ${HOST} $IMAGE grep ${HOST} /etc/hosts
     is "${lines[0]}" ".*${HOST}.*"
@@ -1451,21 +1449,13 @@ EOF
 
 # bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman run --net=host --cgroupns=host with read only cgroupfs" {
-    skip_if_rootless_cgroupsv1
+    # verify that the last /sys/fs/cgroup mount is read-only
+    run_podman run --net=host --cgroupns=host --rm $IMAGE sh -c "grep ' / /sys/fs/cgroup ' /proc/self/mountinfo | tail -n 1"
+    assert "$output" =~ "/sys/fs/cgroup ro"
 
-    if is_cgroupsv1; then
-        # verify that the memory controller is mounted read-only
-        run_podman run --net=host --cgroupns=host --rm $IMAGE cat /proc/self/mountinfo
-        assert "$output" =~ "/sys/fs/cgroup/memory ro.* cgroup cgroup"
-    else
-        # verify that the last /sys/fs/cgroup mount is read-only
-        run_podman run --net=host --cgroupns=host --rm $IMAGE sh -c "grep ' / /sys/fs/cgroup ' /proc/self/mountinfo | tail -n 1"
-        assert "$output" =~ "/sys/fs/cgroup ro"
-
-        # verify that it works also with a cgroupns
-        run_podman run --net=host --cgroupns=private --rm $IMAGE sh -c "grep ' / /sys/fs/cgroup ' /proc/self/mountinfo | tail -n 1"
-        assert "$output" =~ "/sys/fs/cgroup ro"
-    fi
+    # verify that it works also with a cgroupns
+    run_podman run --net=host --cgroupns=private --rm $IMAGE sh -c "grep ' / /sys/fs/cgroup ' /proc/self/mountinfo | tail -n 1"
+    assert "$output" =~ "/sys/fs/cgroup ro"
 }
 
 # bats test_tags=ci:parallel
diff --git a/test/system/170-run-userns.bats b/test/system/170-run-userns.bats
index b56e2c12e4..267358fd14 100644
--- a/test/system/170-run-userns.bats
+++ b/test/system/170-run-userns.bats
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ function _require_crun() {
 
 # bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman --group-add without keep-groups while in a userns" {
-    skip_if_cgroupsv1 "run --uidmap fails on cgroups v1 (issue 15025, wontfix)"
     skip_if_rootless "chroot is not allowed in rootless mode"
     skip_if_remote "--group-add keep-groups not supported in remote mode"
     run chroot --groups 1234,5678 / ${PODMAN} run --rm --uidmap 0:200000:5000 --group-add 457 $IMAGE id
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ function _require_crun() {
 
 # bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "rootful pod with custom ID mapping" {
-    skip_if_cgroupsv1 "run --uidmap fails on cgroups v1 (issue 15025, wontfix)"
     skip_if_rootless "does not work rootless - rootful feature"
     random_pod_name=p_$(safename)
     run_podman pod create --uidmap 0:200000:5000 --name=$random_pod_name
diff --git a/test/system/200-pod.bats b/test/system/200-pod.bats
index 1887e68ec4..f59223cd25 100644
--- a/test/system/200-pod.bats
+++ b/test/system/200-pod.bats
@@ -535,7 +535,6 @@ spec:
 @test "pod resource limits" {
     skip_if_remote "resource limits only implemented on non-remote"
     skip_if_rootless "resource limits only work with root"
-    skip_if_cgroupsv1 "resource limits only meaningful on cgroups V2"
 
     # create loopback device
     lofile=${PODMAN_TMPDIR}/disk.img
@@ -762,7 +761,6 @@ function thingy_with_unique_id() {
 # bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman pod cleans cgroup and keeps limits" {
     skip_if_remote "we cannot check cgroup settings"
-    skip_if_rootless_cgroupsv1 "rootless cannot use cgroups on v1"
 
     for infra in true false; do
         run_podman pod create --infra=$infra --memory=256M
diff --git a/test/system/250-systemd.bats b/test/system/250-systemd.bats
index 89b8c80aae..5cadd34bec 100644
--- a/test/system/250-systemd.bats
+++ b/test/system/250-systemd.bats
@@ -316,13 +316,6 @@ LISTEN_FDNAMES=listen_fdnames" | sort)
     run_podman rm $cname
 }
 
-@test "podman --systemd fails on cgroup v1 with a private cgroupns" {
-    skip_if_cgroupsv2
-
-    run_podman 126 run --systemd=always --cgroupns=private $IMAGE true
-    assert "$output" =~ ".*cgroup namespace is not supported with cgroup v1 and systemd mode"
-}
-
 # https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/13153
 @test "podman rootless-netns processes should be in different cgroup" {
     is_rootless || skip "only meaningful for rootless"
diff --git a/test/system/252-quadlet.bats b/test/system/252-quadlet.bats
index 901295db9e..bbcf502c81 100644
--- a/test/system/252-quadlet.bats
+++ b/test/system/252-quadlet.bats
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ function start_time() {
 
 function setup() {
     skip_if_remote "quadlet tests are meaningless over remote"
-    skip_if_rootless_cgroupsv1 "Can't use --cgroups=split w/ CGv1 (issue 17456, wontfix)"
     skip_if_journald_unavailable "Needed for RHEL. FIXME: we might be able to re-enable a subset of tests."
 
     test -x "$QUADLET" || die "Cannot run quadlet tests without executable \$QUADLET ($QUADLET)"
diff --git a/test/system/253-podman-quadlet.bats b/test/system/253-podman-quadlet.bats
index 892a0c6fc1..775532abaa 100644
--- a/test/system/253-podman-quadlet.bats
+++ b/test/system/253-podman-quadlet.bats
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ load helpers.systemd
 
 function setup() {
     skip_if_remote "podman quadlet is not implemented for remote setup yet"
-    skip_if_rootless_cgroupsv1 "Can't use --cgroups=split w/ CGv1 (issue 17456, wontfix)"
     skip_if_journald_unavailable "Needed for RHEL. FIXME: we might be able to re-enable a subset of tests."
 
     test -x "$QUADLET" || die "Cannot run quadlet tests without executable \$QUADLET ($QUADLET)"
diff --git a/test/system/400-unprivileged-access.bats b/test/system/400-unprivileged-access.bats
index a253ad5cc0..9f89dad83e 100644
--- a/test/system/400-unprivileged-access.bats
+++ b/test/system/400-unprivileged-access.bats
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 load helpers
 
 @test "podman container storage is not accessible by unprivileged users" {
-    skip_if_cgroupsv1 "run --uidmap fails on cgroups v1 (issue 15025, wontfix)"
     skip_if_rootless "test meaningless without suid"
     skip_if_remote
 
diff --git a/test/system/410-selinux.bats b/test/system/410-selinux.bats
index 0c70379b9e..956525ed9e 100644
--- a/test/system/410-selinux.bats
+++ b/test/system/410-selinux.bats
@@ -152,10 +152,6 @@ function check_label() {
 @test "podman selinux: shared context in (some) namespaces" {
     skip_if_no_selinux
 
-    # rootless users have no usable cgroups with cgroupsv1, so containers
-    # must use a pid namespace and not join an existing one.
-    skip_if_rootless_cgroupsv1
-
     if [[ $(podman_runtime) == "runc" ]]; then
         skip "some sort of runc bug, not worth fixing (issue 11784, wontfix)"
     fi
diff --git a/test/system/420-cgroups.bats b/test/system/420-cgroups.bats
index d0bfd36b66..512dec89e1 100644
--- a/test/system/420-cgroups.bats
+++ b/test/system/420-cgroups.bats
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ load helpers
 @test "podman run, preserves initial --cgroup-manager" {
     skip_if_remote "podman-remote does not support --cgroup-manager"
 
-    skip_if_rootless_cgroupsv1
-
     # Find out our default cgroup manager, and from that, get the non-default
     run_podman info --format '{{.Host.CgroupManager}}'
     case "$output" in
@@ -41,7 +39,6 @@ load helpers
 # bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman run --cgroups=disabled keeps the current cgroup" {
     skip_if_remote "podman-remote does not support --cgroups=disabled"
-    skip_if_rootless_cgroupsv1
     runtime=$(podman_runtime)
     if [[ $runtime != "crun" ]]; then
         skip "runtime is $runtime; --cgroups=disabled requires crun"
diff --git a/test/system/500-networking.bats b/test/system/500-networking.bats
index 7fc58713ea..c96122bf4f 100644
--- a/test/system/500-networking.bats
+++ b/test/system/500-networking.bats
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ load helpers.network
 # Issue #5466 - port-forwarding doesn't work with this option and -d
 # FIXME: random_rfc1918_subnet is not parallel-safe
 @test "podman networking: port with --userns=keep-id for rootless or --uidmap=* for rootful" {
-    skip_if_cgroupsv1 "run --uidmap fails on cgroups v1 (issue 15025, wontfix)"
     for cidr in "" "$(random_rfc1918_subnet).0/24"; do
         myport=$(random_free_port 52000-52999)
         if [[ -z $cidr ]]; then
@@ -878,7 +877,6 @@ EOF
 
 # bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman run /etc/* permissions" {
-    skip_if_cgroupsv1 "run --uidmap fails on cgroups v1 (issue 15025, wontfix)"
     userns="--userns=keep-id"
     if ! is_rootless; then
         userns="--uidmap=0:1111111:65536 --gidmap=0:1111111:65536"
@@ -992,8 +990,6 @@ EOF
 # Test for https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/18615
 # CANNOT BE PARALLELIZED due to strict checking of /run/netns
 @test "podman network cleanup --userns + --restart" {
-    skip_if_cgroupsv1 "run --uidmap fails on cgroups v1 (issue 15025, wontfix)"
-
     local net1=net-a-$(safename)
     # use /29 subnet to limit available ip space, a 29 gives 5 usable addresses (6 - 1 for the gw)
     local subnet="$(random_rfc1918_subnet).0/29"
diff --git a/test/system/helpers.bash b/test/system/helpers.bash
index d6bfa31b32..f9df5b8404 100644
--- a/test/system/helpers.bash
+++ b/test/system/helpers.bash
@@ -938,36 +938,6 @@ function skip_if_no_selinux() {
     fi
 }
 
-#######################
-#  skip_if_cgroupsv1  #  ...with an optional message
-#######################
-function skip_if_cgroupsv1() {
-    if ! is_cgroupsv2; then
-        skip "${1:-test requires cgroupsv2}"
-    fi
-}
-
-#######################
-#  skip_if_cgroupsv2  #  ...with an optional message
-#######################
-function skip_if_cgroupsv2() {
-    if is_cgroupsv2; then
-        skip "${1:-test requires cgroupsv1}"
-    fi
-}
-
-######################
-#  skip_if_rootless_cgroupsv1  #  ...with an optional message
-######################
-function skip_if_rootless_cgroupsv1() {
-    if is_rootless; then
-        if ! is_cgroupsv2; then
-            local msg=$(_add_label_if_missing "$1" "rootless cgroupvs1")
-            skip "${msg:-not supported as rootless under cgroupsv1}"
-        fi
-    fi
-}
-
 ##################################
 #  skip_if_journald_unavailable  #  rhbz#1895105: rootless journald permissions
 ##################################