diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test38.1 b/testsuite/expect/test38.1
index 4560b8b713700d2aaf0be9d977a3b6c6b5fabafc..f2c07b912fbf071d5ae7a6608a510bcb4fe7692d 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test38.1
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test38.1
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ set exit_code    0
 set file_in      "test$test_id.in"
 set job_id       0
 
-set eol "\r\n"
-
 print_header $test_id
 
 proc sbatch {} {
@@ -83,7 +81,6 @@ proc cancel_all_jobs { } {
 
 	if {$job_id != 0} {
 		exec $scancel $job_id
-		sleep 5
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test38.2 b/testsuite/expect/test38.2
index a207ceabd29f12a19225644eab9f7e780f135ad1..037f136afdff4c892655a77ec02019e9dd545b1d 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test38.2
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test38.2
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ set exit_code    0
 set file_in      "test$test_id.in"
 set file_out     "test$test_id.out"
 
-set eol "\r\n"
-
 print_header $test_id
 
 proc sbatch {} {
@@ -102,7 +100,6 @@ proc cancel_all_jobs { } {
 
 	if {$job_id != 0} {
 		exec $scancel $job_id
-		sleep 5
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test38.3 b/testsuite/expect/test38.3
index bbe1a544bf2c1df3648d8102ae79b70b84684fd6..d46372b713d9e1260cffa4172b59d3bd41a71443 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test38.3
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test38.3
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ set exit_code    0
 set file_in      "test$test_id.in"
 set job_id       0
 
-set eol "\r\n"
-
 print_header $test_id
 
 proc salloc {} {
@@ -94,7 +92,6 @@ proc cancel_all_jobs { } {
 
 	if {$job_id != 0} {
 		exec $scancel $job_id
-		sleep 5
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test38.4 b/testsuite/expect/test38.4
index 2e4bd6a9dbabc39f295daf5559a3ffaf3174e110..2112244564e699717362bcb705df950af790cde0 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test38.4
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test38.4
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ set test_id      "38.4"
 set exit_code    0
 set file_out     "test$test_id.out"
 
-set eol "\r\n"
-
 print_header $test_id
 
 proc salloc {} {
@@ -107,7 +105,6 @@ proc cancel_all_jobs { } {
 	global scancel job_id
 	if {$job_id != 0} {
 		exec $scancel $job_id
-		sleep 5
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test38.5 b/testsuite/expect/test38.5
index 4aa4f66e67ffb1d6d7d755d383cb5abfbc09bf62..6d121dd09fb5d1dc589c2861ea282ca1fc9d063a 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test38.5
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test38.5
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ set file_in      "test$test_id.in"
 set file_out     "test$test_id.out"
 set job_id 0
 
-set eol "\r\n"
-
 print_header $test_id
 
 proc sbatch {} {
@@ -82,7 +80,6 @@ proc cancel_all_jobs { } {
 
 	if {$job_id != 0} {
 		exec $scancel $job_id
-		sleep 5
 	}
 }