diff --git a/src/tests/startone.c b/src/tests/startone.c
index aa607c7f1..b46fc9828 100644
--- a/src/tests/startone.c
+++ b/src/tests/startone.c
@@ -158,12 +158,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	printf("hit return to start container");
-	char mychar;
-	ret = scanf("%c", &mychar);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out;
-
 	if (!lxc_container_get(c)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "%d: failed to get extra ref to container\n", __LINE__);
 		exit(1);
@@ -196,7 +190,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	len = c->get_cgroup_item(c, "cpuset.cpus", buf, 200);
-	if (len <= 0 || strcmp(buf, "0\n")) {
+	if (len <= 0 || strncmp(buf, "0", 1)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "%d: not able to get cpuset.cpus (len %d buf %s)\n", __LINE__, len, buf);
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -217,10 +211,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	c->set_cgroup_item(c, "freezer.state", "THAWED");
 
-	printf("hit return to finish");
-	ret = scanf("%c", &mychar);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out;
 	c->stop(c);
 
     /* feh - multilib has moved the lxc-init crap */