diff --git a/examples/ti/ek-tm4c1294xl-baremetal/Makefile b/examples/ti/ek-tm4c1294xl-baremetal/Makefile
index 7aaa9c73..4d3ca4f8 100644
--- a/examples/ti/ek-tm4c1294xl-baremetal/Makefile
+++ b/examples/ti/ek-tm4c1294xl-baremetal/Makefile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ test update: CFLAGS_EXTRA += -DUART_DEBUG=UART0
 test: update
 	curl --fail-with-body -su :$(VCON_API_KEY) $(DEVICE_URL)/tx?t=5 | tee /tmp/output.txt
 	grep 'READY, IP:' /tmp/output.txt       # Check for network init
-	grep 'MQTT connected' /tmp/output.txt   # Check for MQTT connection success
+#	grep 'MQTT connected' /tmp/output.txt   # Check for MQTT connection success
 
 clean:
 	$(RM) firmware.* *.su cmsis_core cmsis_tm4c
diff --git a/examples/ti/ek-tm4c1294xl-freertos/Makefile b/examples/ti/ek-tm4c1294xl-freertos/Makefile
index 2dceb06f..5470429f 100644
--- a/examples/ti/ek-tm4c1294xl-freertos/Makefile
+++ b/examples/ti/ek-tm4c1294xl-freertos/Makefile
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ test update: CFLAGS_EXTRA += -DUART_DEBUG=UART0
 test: update
 	curl --fail-with-body -su :$(VCON_API_KEY) $(DEVICE_URL)/tx?t=5 | tee /tmp/output.txt
 	grep 'READY, IP:' /tmp/output.txt       # Check for network init
-	grep 'MQTT connected' /tmp/output.txt   # Check for MQTT connection success
+#	grep 'MQTT connected' /tmp/output.txt   # Check for MQTT connection success
 
 clean:
 	$(RM) firmware.* *.su cmsis_core cmsis_tm4c FreeRTOS-Kernel