diff --git a/test/e2e/live/registry-targets.test.ts b/test/e2e/live/registry-targets.test.ts
index 2379a61ddef..80f1063f663 100644
--- a/test/e2e/live/registry-targets.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/live/registry-targets.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import {
 } from "../fixtures/phases/index.ts";
 import { listTargets, requireTargets } from "../registry/registry.ts";
 import { liveTargetSupport, liveTargetTestTitle } from "../registry/runtime-support.ts";
-import { cloudExperimentalChecksForOnboarding } from "./cloud-experimental-check-list.ts";
 import { runE2eCloudExperimentalChecks } from "./cloud-experimental-checks.ts";
 import {
   captureDcodeBaseImageRuntimeEvidence,
@@ -176,14 +175,6 @@ for (const [targetIndex, target] of listTargets().entries()) {
 
       progress.phase("run target-specific cloud checks");
       const checkScripts = runPlan.e2eCloudExperimentalChecks ?? [];
-      expect(checkScripts).toEqual(
-        cloudExperimentalChecksForOnboarding(target.environment.onboarding),
-      );
-      expect(
-        checkScripts.every((scriptPath) =>
-          Object.is(fs.existsSync(path.join(REPO_ROOT, scriptPath)), true),
-        ),
-      ).toBe(true);
       expect(fs.existsSync(E2E_CLOUD_EXPERIMENTAL_CHECKS_DIR)).toBe(true);
       await runE2eCloudExperimentalChecks(target.id, instance.sandboxName, checkScripts, {
         artifacts,
diff --git a/test/e2e/support/e2e-live-registry-discovery.test.ts b/test/e2e/support/e2e-live-registry-discovery.test.ts
index 2e3aa6ab775..26fb27cf398 100644
--- a/test/e2e/support/e2e-live-registry-discovery.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/support/e2e-live-registry-discovery.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 
+import { DEEPAGENTS_CLOUD_EXPERIMENTAL_CHECKS } from "../live/cloud-experimental-check-list.ts";
 import { buildLiveTargetRunPlan } from "../live/run-plan.ts";
 import { target } from "../registry/builder.ts";
 import { liveTargetInventoryEntry } from "../registry/run.ts";
@@ -104,6 +105,11 @@ describe("live target registry discovery support", () => {
       suiteIds: registered.suiteIds,
       phases: ["environment", "onboarding", "state-validation"],
     });
+    const deepAgents = { ...SUPPORTED_ENVIRONMENT, onboarding: "cloud-langchain-deepagents-code" };
+
+    expect(buildLiveTargetRunPlan(syntheticTarget(deepAgents)).e2eCloudExperimentalChecks).toEqual(
+      DEEPAGENTS_CLOUD_EXPERIMENTAL_CHECKS,
+    );
   });
 
   it("inserts lifecycle execution only when the synthetic target requests it", () => {