diff --git a/cmd/karma/tests/testscript/076_basicAuth_uri.txt b/cmd/karma/tests/testscript/076_basicAuth_uri.txt
index 2db696584..b6d4f2113 100644
--- a/cmd/karma/tests/testscript/076_basicAuth_uri.txt
+++ b/cmd/karma/tests/testscript/076_basicAuth_uri.txt
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 
 exec bash -x ./test.sh &
 karma.bin-should-work --pid-file=karma.pid --alertmanager.uri=http://foo:bar@127.0.0.1 --listen.address=127.0.0.1 --listen.port=8076
-wait
-stdout '"headers":{"Authorization":"Basic Zm9vOmJhcg=="}'
-stdout '"publicURI":"http://foo:bar@127.0.0.1"'
+exec sleep 5
+grep '"headers":{"Authorization":"Basic Zm9vOmJhcg=="}' out.txt
+grep '"publicURI":"http://foo:bar@127.0.0.1"' out.txt
 
 -- test.sh --
 while [ ! -f karma.pid ]; do sleep 1 ; done
 sleep 1
-curl -XPOST -d @request.json -s http://127.0.0.1:8076/alerts.json
+curl -o out.txt -XPOST -d @request.json -s http://127.0.0.1:8076/alerts.json
 cat karma.pid | xargs kill
 
 -- request.json --
diff --git a/cmd/karma/tests/testscript/087_listen_tls.txt b/cmd/karma/tests/testscript/087_listen_tls.txt
index 3d24bbcab..e2e1afad6 100644
--- a/cmd/karma/tests/testscript/087_listen_tls.txt
+++ b/cmd/karma/tests/testscript/087_listen_tls.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ exec bash -x ./tls.sh
 exec bash -x ./test.sh &
 karma.bin-should-work --pid-file=karma.pid --config.file=karma.yaml --listen.address=127.0.0.1 --listen.port=8087
 ! stdout .
-wait
+exec sleep 5
 cmp http1.txt pong.txt
 cmp http2.txt pong.txt