diff --git a/tests/local/cli/create_test.php b/tests/local/cli/create_test.php
index c67d7c7..acb0c9f 100644
--- a/tests/local/cli/create_test.php
+++ b/tests/local/cli/create_test.php
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ final class create_test extends cli_testcase {
             '--start=60',
             '--clone=' . $id,
         ]);
-        $this->expectOutputRegex('/Update maintenance mode configuration\..*Updating maintenance mode configuration complete\./s');
         $cli = new create();
         $cli->set_referencetime($now);
         // Extracting only the id digits from the output.
diff --git a/tests/local/cli/finish_test.php b/tests/local/cli/finish_test.php
index e5561a7..e44deae 100644
--- a/tests/local/cli/finish_test.php
+++ b/tests/local/cli/finish_test.php
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ final class finish_test extends cli_testcase {
             'description' => 'Description',
         ]));
         $this->set_parameters(['-id=' . $id]);
-        $this->expectOutputRegex('/Update maintenance mode configuration\..*Updating maintenance mode configuration complete\./s');
         $cli = new finish();
         $cli->set_referencetime($now);
         $this->execute($cli);
diff --git a/tests/local/cli/waitforit_test.php b/tests/local/cli/waitforit_test.php
index ea87450..1f8b101 100644
--- a/tests/local/cli/waitforit_test.php
+++ b/tests/local/cli/waitforit_test.php
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ final class waitforit_test extends cli_testcase {
             'description' => 'Description',
         ]));
         $this->set_parameters(['-v', '--active']);
-        $this->expectOutputRegex('/Update maintenance mode configuration\..*Updating maintenance mode configuration complete\./s');
         $cli = new waitforit();
         $cli->set_referencetime($now);
         $output = $this->execute($cli);
@@ -170,7 +169,6 @@ final class waitforit_test extends cli_testcase {
             'description' => 'Description',
         ]));
         $this->set_parameters(['-v', '--active', '--sleep=30']);
-        $this->expectOutputRegex('/Update maintenance mode configuration\..*Updating maintenance mode configuration complete\./s');
         $cli = new waitforit();
         $cli->set_referencetime($now);
         $cli->set_sleepcallback(function ($sleep) use (&$now) {
@@ -199,7 +197,6 @@ final class waitforit_test extends cli_testcase {
             'description' => 'Description',
         ]));
         $this->set_parameters(['-v', '--active', '--sleep=30']);
-        $this->expectOutputRegex('/Update maintenance mode configuration\..*Updating maintenance mode configuration complete\./s');
         $cli = new waitforit();
         $cli->set_referencetime($now);
         $cli->set_sleepcallback(function () use ($id) {