diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test1.89 b/testsuite/expect/test1.89
index dc712e675dda0e9162f18398a32d1aee448a5793..13c6c97fdc0e23da356216dc33fd42b1ea1a64bb 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test1.89
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test1.89
@@ -127,12 +127,15 @@ expect {
 #
 # Reading a second prompt is required by some versions of Expect
 #
-if { 0 } {
-	expect {
-		-re $prompt {
-		}
+set timeout 1
+expect {
+	-re $prompt {
+		exp_continue
+	}
+	timeout {
 	}
 }
+set timeout 30
 
 #
 # Run a job step to get allocated processor count and affinity
diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test1.90 b/testsuite/expect/test1.90
index e0622c92c40135ae2e31f2145d6088340bd3615b..bc10c07f57237f62319891142c75178b15c8fd16 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test1.90
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test1.90
@@ -136,6 +136,19 @@ expect {
 	}
 }
 
+#
+# Reading a second prompt is required by some versions of Expect
+#
+set timeout 1
+expect {
+	-re $prompt {
+		exp_continue
+	}
+	timeout {
+	}
+}
+set timeout 30
+
 #
 # Run a job step to get allocated processor count and affinity
 #