diff --git a/Tests/fontBuilder/data/test_uvs.ttf.ttx b/Tests/fontBuilder/data/test_uvs.ttf.ttx
index 04730d0f6..ab05bed3a 100644
--- a/Tests/fontBuilder/data/test_uvs.ttf.ttx
+++ b/Tests/fontBuilder/data/test_uvs.ttf.ttx
@@ -1,134 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ttFont sfntVersion="\x00\x01\x00\x00" ttLibVersion="3.35">
 
-  <GlyphOrder>
-    <!-- The 'id' attribute is only for humans; it is ignored when parsed. -->
-    <GlyphID id="0" name=".notdef"/>
-    <GlyphID id="1" name="space"/>
-    <GlyphID id="2" name="zero"/>
-    <GlyphID id="3" name="zero.slash"/>
-  </GlyphOrder>
-
-  <head>
-    <!-- Most of this table will be recalculated by the compiler -->
-    <tableVersion value="1.0"/>
-    <fontRevision value="1.0"/>
-    <checkSumAdjustment value="0xc09562d2"/>
-    <magicNumber value="0x5f0f3cf5"/>
-    <flags value="00000000 00000011"/>
-    <unitsPerEm value="1024"/>
-    <created value="Wed Jan  9 13:45:25 2019"/>
-    <modified value="Wed Jan  9 13:45:25 2019"/>
-    <xMin value="0"/>
-    <yMin value="0"/>
-    <xMax value="0"/>
-    <yMax value="0"/>
-    <macStyle value="00000000 00000000"/>
-    <lowestRecPPEM value="3"/>
-    <fontDirectionHint value="2"/>
-    <indexToLocFormat value="0"/>
-    <glyphDataFormat value="0"/>
-  </head>
-
-  <hhea>
-    <tableVersion value="0x00010000"/>
-    <ascent value="824"/>
-    <descent value="200"/>
-    <lineGap value="0"/>
-    <advanceWidthMax value="600"/>
-    <minLeftSideBearing value="0"/>
-    <minRightSideBearing value="0"/>
-    <xMaxExtent value="0"/>
-    <caretSlopeRise value="1"/>
-    <caretSlopeRun value="0"/>
-    <caretOffset value="0"/>
-    <reserved0 value="0"/>
-    <reserved1 value="0"/>
-    <reserved2 value="0"/>
-    <reserved3 value="0"/>
-    <metricDataFormat value="0"/>
-    <numberOfHMetrics value="1"/>
-  </hhea>
-
-  <maxp>
-    <!-- Most of this table will be recalculated by the compiler -->
-    <tableVersion value="0x10000"/>
-    <numGlyphs value="4"/>
-    <maxPoints value="0"/>
-    <maxContours value="0"/>
-    <maxCompositePoints value="0"/>
-    <maxCompositeContours value="0"/>
-    <maxZones value="2"/>
-    <maxTwilightPoints value="0"/>
-    <maxStorage value="0"/>
-    <maxFunctionDefs value="0"/>
-    <maxInstructionDefs value="0"/>
-    <maxStackElements value="0"/>
-    <maxSizeOfInstructions value="0"/>
-    <maxComponentElements value="0"/>
-    <maxComponentDepth value="0"/>
-  </maxp>
-
-  <OS_2>
-    <!-- The fields 'usFirstCharIndex' and 'usLastCharIndex'
-         will be recalculated by the compiler -->
-    <version value="3"/>
-    <xAvgCharWidth value="600"/>
-    <usWeightClass value="400"/>
-    <usWidthClass value="5"/>
-    <fsType value="00000000 00000100"/>
-    <ySubscriptXSize value="0"/>
-    <ySubscriptYSize value="0"/>
-    <ySubscriptXOffset value="0"/>
-    <ySubscriptYOffset value="0"/>
-    <ySuperscriptXSize value="0"/>
-    <ySuperscriptYSize value="0"/>
-    <ySuperscriptXOffset value="0"/>
-    <ySuperscriptYOffset value="0"/>
-    <yStrikeoutSize value="0"/>
-    <yStrikeoutPosition value="0"/>
-    <sFamilyClass value="0"/>
-    <panose>
-      <bFamilyType value="0"/>
-      <bSerifStyle value="0"/>
-      <bWeight value="0"/>
-      <bProportion value="0"/>
-      <bContrast value="0"/>
-      <bStrokeVariation value="0"/>
-      <bArmStyle value="0"/>
-      <bLetterForm value="0"/>
-      <bMidline value="0"/>
-      <bXHeight value="0"/>
-    </panose>
-    <ulUnicodeRange1 value="00000000 00000000 00000000 00000001"/>
-    <ulUnicodeRange2 value="00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000"/>
-    <ulUnicodeRange3 value="00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000"/>
-    <ulUnicodeRange4 value="00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000"/>
-    <achVendID value="????"/>
-    <fsSelection value="00000000 00000000"/>
-    <usFirstCharIndex value="32"/>
-    <usLastCharIndex value="48"/>
-    <sTypoAscender value="0"/>
-    <sTypoDescender value="0"/>
-    <sTypoLineGap value="0"/>
-    <usWinAscent value="0"/>
-    <usWinDescent value="0"/>
-    <ulCodePageRange1 value="00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000"/>
-    <ulCodePageRange2 value="00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000"/>
-    <sxHeight value="0"/>
-    <sCapHeight value="0"/>
-    <usDefaultChar value="0"/>
-    <usBreakChar value="32"/>
-    <usMaxContext value="2"/>
-  </OS_2>
-
-  <hmtx>
-    <mtx name=".notdef" width="600" lsb="0"/>
-    <mtx name="space" width="600" lsb="0"/>
-    <mtx name="zero" width="600" lsb="0"/>
-    <mtx name="zero.slash" width="600" lsb="0"/>
-  </hmtx>
-
   <cmap>
     <tableVersion version="0"/>
     <cmap_format_4 platformID="0" platEncID="3" language="0">
@@ -145,69 +17,4 @@
     </cmap_format_4>
   </cmap>
 
-  <loca>
-    <!-- The 'loca' table will be calculated by the compiler -->
-  </loca>
-
-  <glyf>
-
-    <!-- The xMin, yMin, xMax and yMax values
-         will be recalculated by the compiler. -->
-
-    <TTGlyph name=".notdef"/><!-- contains no outline data -->
-
-    <TTGlyph name="space"/><!-- contains no outline data -->
-
-    <TTGlyph name="zero"/><!-- contains no outline data -->
-
-    <TTGlyph name="zero.slash"/><!-- contains no outline data -->
-
-  </glyf>
-
-  <name>
-    <namerecord nameID="1" platformID="1" platEncID="0" langID="0x0" unicode="True">
-      UVSTestFont
-    </namerecord>
-    <namerecord nameID="2" platformID="1" platEncID="0" langID="0x0" unicode="True">
-      Regular
-    </namerecord>
-    <namerecord nameID="6" platformID="1" platEncID="0" langID="0x0" unicode="True">
-      UVSTestFont-Regular
-    </namerecord>
-    <namerecord nameID="1" platformID="3" platEncID="1" langID="0x409">
-      UVSTestFont
-    </namerecord>
-    <namerecord nameID="2" platformID="3" platEncID="1" langID="0x409">
-      Regular
-    </namerecord>
-    <namerecord nameID="6" platformID="3" platEncID="1" langID="0x409">
-      UVSTestFont-Regular
-    </namerecord>
-  </name>
-
-  <post>
-    <formatType value="2.0"/>
-    <italicAngle value="0.0"/>
-    <underlinePosition value="0"/>
-    <underlineThickness value="0"/>
-    <isFixedPitch value="0"/>
-    <minMemType42 value="0"/>
-    <maxMemType42 value="0"/>
-    <minMemType1 value="0"/>
-    <maxMemType1 value="0"/>
-    <psNames>
-      <!-- This file uses unique glyph names based on the information
-           found in the 'post' table. Since these names might not be unique,
-           we have to invent artificial names in case of clashes. In order to
-           be able to retain the original information, we need a name to
-           ps name mapping for those cases where they differ. That's what
-           you see below.
-            -->
-    </psNames>
-    <extraNames>
-      <!-- following are the name that are not taken from the standard Mac glyph order -->
-      <psName name="zero.slash"/>
-    </extraNames>
-  </post>
-
 </ttFont>
diff --git a/Tests/fontBuilder/fontBuilder_test.py b/Tests/fontBuilder/fontBuilder_test.py
index dda3b7409..2ef4bfdab 100644
--- a/Tests/fontBuilder/fontBuilder_test.py
+++ b/Tests/fontBuilder/fontBuilder_test.py
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ def _setupFontBuilder(isTTF, unitsPerEm=1024):
     return fb, advanceWidths, nameStrings
 
 
-def _verifyOutput(outPath):
+def _verifyOutput(outPath, tables=None):
     f = TTFont(outPath)
-    f.saveXML(outPath + ".ttx")
+    f.saveXML(outPath + ".ttx", tables=tables)
     with open(outPath + ".ttx") as f:
         testData = strip_VariableItems(f.read())
     refData = strip_VariableItems(getTestData(os.path.basename(outPath) + ".ttx"))
@@ -274,4 +274,4 @@ def test_unicodeVariationSequences(tmpdir):
 
     outPath = os.path.join(str(tmpdir), "test_uvs.ttf")
     fb.save(outPath)
-    _verifyOutput(outPath)
+    _verifyOutput(outPath, tables=["cmap"])
