diff --git a/tests/functional_tests/shell_test_utils/start_interactive_job.sh b/tests/functional_tests/shell_test_utils/start_interactive_job.sh
index 6d1b6f0c9bd..13067e7c0ea 100644
--- a/tests/functional_tests/shell_test_utils/start_interactive_job.sh
+++ b/tests/functional_tests/shell_test_utils/start_interactive_job.sh
@@ -70,12 +70,6 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     esac
 done
 
-# Check if yq is installed
-if ! command -v yq &>/dev/null; then
-    echo "Error: yq is not installed. Please install it first."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 # Validate required arguments
 if [ -z "$PARTITION" ] || [ -z "$SLURM_ACCOUNT" ] || [ -z "$IMAGE" ] || [ -z "$DATASET_DIR" ]; then
     echo "Error: Missing required arguments"
diff --git a/tests/test_utils/python_scripts/generate_local_jobs.py b/tests/test_utils/python_scripts/generate_local_jobs.py
index 88256cd93af..140797ef5c9 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils/python_scripts/generate_local_jobs.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils/python_scripts/generate_local_jobs.py
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ def main(
                 f'export OUTPUT_PATH={output_path}/runs/$(python3 -c "import uuid; print(uuid.uuid4())")\n'
             )
             fh.write(workload.spec["script"].format(**magic_values))
+            fh.write("\n\necho This test wrote results into $OUTPUT_PATH\n")
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":