diff --git a/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py b/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py
index b2fb5ab10d53a501c1232f0dfe0d2cf6f04d34d7..eed2fffb77a194fd82377a5f834fe1d4e475725e 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py
+++ b/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py
@@ -1450,7 +1450,6 @@ for oai in oai_list:
       #cmd = cmd + 'mkdir -p ' + logdir + '\n'
       cmd = cmd + 'cd '+ logdir   + '\n'
       cmd = cmd + 'sudo apt-get install -y git \n'
-      cmd = cmd + 'git config --global http.sslVerify false \n' 
       cmd = cmd + 'chmod 700 ' + logdir + '/git-retry.sh \n' 
       cmd = cmd + logdir + '/git-retry.sh clone  '+ GitOAI5GRepo  +' \n'
       cmd = cmd + logdir + '/git-retry.sh clone '+ GitOpenaircnRepo + ' \n'
diff --git a/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/remove_old_programs.bash b/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/remove_old_programs.bash
index f3c09ffd619f13dc40ac9b5dfb673a08f923cef6..33c44c32c566a6c56347edb2953e6b6bab824020 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/remove_old_programs.bash
+++ b/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/remove_old_programs.bash
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 #$1 programs to be killed and checked
-ps -aux |grep -E -i $1| awk \'{print $2}\' | sudo xargs kill -9 
+ps -aux |grep -E -i $1| awk '{print $2}' | sudo xargs kill -9 
 
 var=`ps -aux |grep -E -i $1`
 echo $var