diff --git a/ci-automation/test.sh b/ci-automation/test.sh
index 947f3dee8a..0dd0fce80c 100644
--- a/ci-automation/test.sh
+++ b/ci-automation/test.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash -x
+#!/bin/bash
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2021 The Flatcar Maintainers.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
diff --git a/ci-automation/vendor-testing/qemu.sh b/ci-automation/vendor-testing/qemu.sh
index a13e6d0495..bf66dcb9f0 100755
--- a/ci-automation/vendor-testing/qemu.sh
+++ b/ci-automation/vendor-testing/qemu.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ kola run \
     --qemu-image="${QEMU_IMAGE_NAME}" \
     --tapfile="${CIA_TAPFILE}" \
     --torcx-manifest="${CIA_TORCX_MANIFEST}" \
+    --qemu-skip-mangle \
     "${@}"
 
 set +x
diff --git a/ci-automation/vendor-testing/qemu_update.sh b/ci-automation/vendor-testing/qemu_update.sh
index a21df0c822..2d8dea3a39 100755
--- a/ci-automation/vendor-testing/qemu_update.sh
+++ b/ci-automation/vendor-testing/qemu_update.sh
@@ -55,4 +55,5 @@ kola run \
     --tapfile="${CIA_TAPFILE}" \
     --torcx-manifest="${CIA_TORCX_MANIFEST}" \
     --update-payload=tmp/flatcar_test_update.gz \
+    --qemu-skip-mangle \
     cl.update.payload