diff --git a/tools/test/bin/onos-check-apps b/tools/test/bin/onos-check-apps
index 8dfe9f0..0d1bf83 100755
--- a/tools/test/bin/onos-check-apps
+++ b/tools/test/bin/onos-check-apps
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 cat $aux
 
 # Normalize the installed apps
-cut -c7- $aux | cut -d\  -f1 | sort > $aux.1
+cut -c7- $aux | grep -v '/bin/client' | cut -d\  -f1 | sort > $aux.1
 
 # Normalize the expected apps
 apps=${2:-$ONOS_APPS}