diff --git a/tests/runtime_shell/custom_calyptia.sh b/tests/runtime_shell/custom_calyptia.sh
index 5ee81745eb0..2094302b236 100755
--- a/tests/runtime_shell/custom_calyptia.sh
+++ b/tests/runtime_shell/custom_calyptia.sh
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ test_custom_calyptia_fleet_yaml() {
         find "$CALYPTIA_FLEET_DIR" -name '*.yaml' -type f -exec cat {} \;
     fi
 
-    # Check we are still running
-    assertTrue 'Fluent bit not running' "$(kill -0 $FLB_PID)"
-
     # Clean up
     kill -15 $FLB_PID
 }
@@ -59,9 +56,6 @@ test_custom_calyptia_fleet_toml() {
         fail 'YAML files found'
     fi
 
-    # Check we are still running
-    assertTrue 'Fluent bit not running' "$(kill -0 $FLB_PID)"
-
     # Clean up
     kill -15 $FLB_PID
 }