diff --git a/tests/sles4sap/publiccloud/azure_fence_agents_test.pm b/tests/sles4sap/publiccloud/azure_fence_agents_test.pm
index bb9419afa5b9..53217184fa7a 100644
--- a/tests/sles4sap/publiccloud/azure_fence_agents_test.pm
+++ b/tests/sles4sap/publiccloud/azure_fence_agents_test.pm
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ sub run {
         $self->{my_instance} = $instance;
         # do not probe VMs that are not part of the cluster
         next unless grep(/^$instance->{instance_id}$/, @cluster_nodes);
-        $instance->wait_for_ssh(scan_ssh_host_key => 1);
+        $instance->wait_for_ssh();
         my $scp_cmd = join('', 'scp /tmp/bashrc ',
             $instance->{username},
             '@', $instance->{public_ip},
diff --git a/tests/sles4sap/publiccloud/qesap_prevalidate.pm b/tests/sles4sap/publiccloud/qesap_prevalidate.pm
index 9323d7272b56..eaf249c2e15e 100644
--- a/tests/sles4sap/publiccloud/qesap_prevalidate.pm
+++ b/tests/sles4sap/publiccloud/qesap_prevalidate.pm
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ sub run {
         $self->{my_instance} = $instance;
         my $instance_id = $instance->{'instance_id'};
         # Check ssh connection for all hosts
-        $instance->wait_for_ssh(scan_ssh_host_key => 1);
+        $instance->wait_for_ssh();
 
         # Skip instances without HANA db or setup without cluster
         next if ($instance_id !~ m/vmhana/) or !$ha_enabled;