diff --git a/integration/container/stop_linux_test.go b/integration/container/stop_linux_test.go
index c0cc89d1c1..552706c25b 100644
--- a/integration/container/stop_linux_test.go
+++ b/integration/container/stop_linux_test.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func TestStopContainerWithTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestDeleteDevicemapper(t *testing.T) {
 	skip.If(t, testEnv.DaemonInfo.Driver != "devicemapper")
-	skip.If(t, testEnv.IsRemoteDaemon, "cannot start daemon on remote test run")
+	skip.If(t, testEnv.IsRemoteDaemon)
 
 	defer setupTest(t)()
 	client := testEnv.APIClient()
diff --git a/internal/test/fakestorage/storage.go b/internal/test/fakestorage/storage.go
index b091cbc3f1..77d6e2fcb9 100644
--- a/internal/test/fakestorage/storage.go
+++ b/internal/test/fakestorage/storage.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func New(t testingT, dir string, modifiers ...func(*fakecontext.Fake) error) Fak
 	ctx := fakecontext.New(t, dir, modifiers...)
 	switch {
 	case testEnv.IsRemoteDaemon() && strings.HasPrefix(request.DaemonHost(), "unix:///"):
-		t.Skip(fmt.Sprintf("e2e run : daemon is remote but docker host points to a unix socket"))
+		t.Skip("e2e run : daemon is remote but docker host points to a unix socket")
 	case testEnv.IsLocalDaemon():
 		return newLocalFakeStorage(ctx)
 	default: