diff --git a/TestON/JenkinsFile/JenkinsfileTrigger b/TestON/JenkinsFile/JenkinsfileTrigger
index 9d4e420..056945d 100644
--- a/TestON/JenkinsFile/JenkinsfileTrigger
+++ b/TestON/JenkinsFile/JenkinsfileTrigger
@@ -30,12 +30,15 @@
 // read the passed parameters from the Jenkins.
 machines = params.machines
 manually_run = params.manual_run
+# FIXME: for now we disable any other slack notifications excpet alarms
+/*
 if ( !manually_run ){
     slackSend( color: '#03CD9F',
                message: ":sparkles:" * 16 + "\n" +
                         "Starting tests on : " + now.toString() +
                         "\n" + ":sparkles:" * 16 )
 }
+*/
 
 // store the list of the machines into the dictionary.
 machineList = machines.tokenize( "\n;, " )
diff --git a/TestON/JenkinsFile/dependencies/JenkinsCommonFuncs.groovy b/TestON/JenkinsFile/dependencies/JenkinsCommonFuncs.groovy
index b3948b4..d65737e 100644
--- a/TestON/JenkinsFile/dependencies/JenkinsCommonFuncs.groovy
+++ b/TestON/JenkinsFile/dependencies/JenkinsCommonFuncs.groovy
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
         sudo rm ${WORKSPACE}/*Wiki.txt
         sudo rm ${WORKSPACE}/*Summary.txt
         sudo rm ${WORKSPACE}/*Result.txt
-        sudo rm ${WORKSPACE}/*Alarm.txt
+        sudo rm ${WORKSPACE}/*Alarm.txt || true
         sudo rm ${WORKSPACE}/*.csv
         #copy files to workspace
         cd `ls -t ~/OnosSystemTest/TestON/logs/*/ | head -1 | sed 's/://'`