diff --git a/tools/test/bin/onos-install b/tools/test/bin/onos-install
index 661736d..c13b8b9 100755
--- a/tools/test/bin/onos-install
+++ b/tools/test/bin/onos-install
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 scp -q $ONOS_TAR $remote:/tmp
 
-ssh -t $remote "
+ssh $remote "
     [ -d $ONOS_INSTALL_DIR/bin ] && echo \"ONOS is already installed\" && exit 1
 
     # Prepare a landing zone and unroll the bits
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 
     # Remove any previous ON.Lab bits from ~/.m2 repo and re-stage it.
     rm -fr ~/.m2/repository/org/onlab
-    mkdir -p ~/.m2/repository/org/onlab
     cp -r $ONOS_INSTALL_DIR/$KARAF_DIST/system/org/onlab ~/.m2/repository/org/onlab
 
     # Drop log level for the console