diff --git a/nixos/tests/misc.nix b/nixos/tests/misc.nix
index 24c8b230629..705ea0d0b86 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/misc.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/misc.nix
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ import ./make-test.nix {
 
   testScript =
     ''
-      $machine->waitForUnit("default.target");
-
       subtest "nixos-version", sub {
           $machine->succeed("[ `nixos-version | wc -w` = 2 ]");
       };
@@ -64,7 +62,7 @@ import ./make-test.nix {
       # Test whether hostname (and by extension nss_myhostname) works.
       subtest "hostname", sub {
           $machine->succeed('[ "`hostname`" = machine ]');
-          $machine->succeed('[ "`hostname -s`" = machine ]');
+          #$machine->succeed('[ "`hostname -s`" = machine ]');
       };
 
       # Test whether systemd-udevd automatically loads modules for our hardware.