diff --git a/test/sharness/t0060-daemon.sh b/test/sharness/t0060-daemon.sh
index 7da901749..95df8a48e 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0060-daemon.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0060-daemon.sh
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ test_expect_success "nc is available" '
 
 # check transport is encrypted
 test_expect_success "transport should be encrypted" '
-  nc -w 5 localhost $SWARM_PORT >swarmnc &&
-  grep -q "AES-256,AES-128" swarmnc &&
-  test_must_fail grep -q "/multistream/1.0.0" swarmnc ||
+  printf "\x13/multistream/1.0.0\n\3ls\n" | nc -q1 localhost $SWARM_PORT > swarmnc &&
+  grep -q "/secio" swarmnc &&
+  test_must_fail grep -q "/plaintext/1.0.0" swarmnc ||
 	test_fsh cat swarmnc
 '
 
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0061-daemon-opts.sh b/test/sharness/t0061-daemon-opts.sh
index c961a8651..f273844db 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0061-daemon-opts.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0061-daemon-opts.sh
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ test_expect_success 'api gateway should be unrestricted' '
 
 # Odd. this fails here, but the inverse works on t0060-daemon.
 test_expect_success 'transport should be unencrypted' '
-  go-sleep 0.5s | nc localhost "$SWARM_PORT" >swarmnc &&
-  test_must_fail grep -q "AES-256,AES-128" swarmnc &&
-  grep -q "/multistream/1.0.0" swarmnc ||
+  printf "\x13/multistream/1.0.0\n\3ls\n" | nc -q 1 localhost $SWARM_PORT > swarmnc &&
+  test_must_fail grep -q "/secio" swarmnc &&
+  grep -q "/plaintext" swarmnc ||
   test_fsh cat swarmnc
 '