diff --git a/testing/btest/scripts/base/protocols/http/100-continue.bro b/testing/btest/scripts/base/protocols/http/100-continue.bro
index 7b7b5bde89..d1d34c1abe 100644
--- a/testing/btest/scripts/base/protocols/http/100-continue.bro
+++ b/testing/btest/scripts/base/protocols/http/100-continue.bro
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # in a way that correlates the final response with the request.
 #
 # @TEST-EXEC: bro -r $TRACES/http-100-continue.trace %INPUT
-# @TEST-EXEC: grep -q unmatched_HTTP_reply weird.log && exit 1 || exit 0
+# @TEST-EXEC: test ! -f weird.log
 # @TEST-EXEC: btest-diff http.log
 
 # The base analysis scripts are loaded by default.
diff --git a/testing/btest/scripts/base/protocols/http/http-header-crlf.bro b/testing/btest/scripts/base/protocols/http/http-header-crlf.bro
index 4d4d67e059..06081d94e5 100644
--- a/testing/btest/scripts/base/protocols/http/http-header-crlf.bro
+++ b/testing/btest/scripts/base/protocols/http/http-header-crlf.bro
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # the http_no_crlf_in_header_list wierd.
 #
 # @TEST-EXEC: bro -r $TRACES/http-byteranges.trace %INPUT
-# @TEST-EXEC: grep -q http_no_crlf_in_header_list weird.log && exit 1 || exit 0
+# @TEST-EXEC: test ! -f weird.log
 
 # The base analysis scripts are loaded by default.
 #@load base/protocols/http