diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/test/fixtures.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/test/fixtures.go
index 8ba2062fcb5..b8ca07294fb 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/test/fixtures.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/test/fixtures.go
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ func getFixtures(key fixtureKey) (fixtureData, error) {
 			if len(data.expectErrorSubstring) == 0 {
 				data.expectErrorSubstring = key.check
 			}
-			if len(data.pass) == 0 || len(data.fail) == 0 {
-				return fixtureData{}, fmt.Errorf("generatePass/generateFail for %#v must return at least one pod each", key)
+			if len(data.fail) == 0 {
+				return fixtureData{}, fmt.Errorf("generateFail for %#v must return at least one pod", key)
 			}
 			return data, nil
 		}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/test/fixtures_allowPrivilegeEscalation.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/test/fixtures_allowPrivilegeEscalation.go
index 7d2a0670b54..3cc691dfcdb 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/test/fixtures_allowPrivilegeEscalation.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/test/fixtures_allowPrivilegeEscalation.go
@@ -34,10 +34,8 @@ containerFields: []string{
 func init() {
 	fixtureData_1_8 := fixtureGenerator{
 		generatePass: func(p *corev1.Pod) []*corev1.Pod {
-			return []*corev1.Pod{
-				// only valid pod is to explicitly set allowPrivilegeEscalation to false in all containers
-				p,
-			}
+			// minimal valid pod already captures all valid combinations
+			return nil
 		},
 		generateFail: func(p *corev1.Pod) []*corev1.Pod {
 			return []*corev1.Pod{
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/test/fixtures_hostNamespaces.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/test/fixtures_hostNamespaces.go
index a11fdffd11e..0ceb27a2ea8 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/test/fixtures_hostNamespaces.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/test/fixtures_hostNamespaces.go
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ func init() {
 	fixtureData_1_0 := fixtureGenerator{
 		expectErrorSubstring: "host namespaces",
 		generatePass: func(p *corev1.Pod) []*corev1.Pod {
-			return []*corev1.Pod{p} // minimal valid pod
+			// minimal valid pod already captures all valid combinations
+			return nil
 		},
 		generateFail: func(p *corev1.Pod) []*corev1.Pod {
 			return []*corev1.Pod{
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/test/fixtures_hostPath.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/test/fixtures_hostPath.go
index 90db528ac45..ef8d0e6fe03 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/test/fixtures_hostPath.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/test/fixtures_hostPath.go
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ func init() {
 	fixtureData_1_0 := fixtureGenerator{
 		expectErrorSubstring: "hostPath volumes",
 		generatePass: func(p *corev1.Pod) []*corev1.Pod {
-			return []*corev1.Pod{p} // minimal valid pod
+			// minimal valid pod already captures all valid combinations
+			return nil
 		},
 		generateFail: func(p *corev1.Pod) []*corev1.Pod {
 			return []*corev1.Pod{
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/test/fixtures_hostProcess.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/test/fixtures_hostProcess.go
index 6f004a33c7c..95066537d7b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/test/fixtures_hostProcess.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/test/fixtures_hostProcess.go
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ func init() {
 
 	fixtureData_1_0 := fixtureGenerator{
 		generatePass: func(p *corev1.Pod) []*corev1.Pod {
-			return []*corev1.Pod{p}
+			// minimal valid pod already captures all valid combinations
+			return nil
 		},
 		failRequiresFeatures: []featuregate.Feature{"WindowsHostProcessContainers"},
 		generateFail: func(p *corev1.Pod) []*corev1.Pod {