diff --git a/ci-scripts/cls_cluster.py b/ci-scripts/cls_cluster.py
index 7051ddc4468c415a7c2791bcdb00d6689ac0c9d4..503529d256cb06ded65decd9f651f925139f034a 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/cls_cluster.py
+++ b/ci-scripts/cls_cluster.py
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ CN_CONTAINERS = ["", "-c nrf", "-c amf", "-c smf", "-c upf", "-c ausf", "-c udm"
 def OC_login(cmd, ocUserName, ocPassword, ocProjectName):
 	if ocUserName == '' or ocPassword == '' or ocProjectName == '':
 		HELP.GenericHelp(CONST.Version)
-		sys.exit('Insufficient Parameter: no OC Credentials')
+		raise ValueError('Insufficient Parameter: no OC Credentials')
 	if OCRegistry.startswith("http") or OCRegistry.endswith("/"):
-		sys.exit(f'ocRegistry {OCRegistry} should not start with http:// or https:// and not end on a slash /')
+		raise ValueError(f'ocRegistry {OCRegistry} should not start with http:// or https:// and not end on a slash /')
 	ret = cmd.run(f'oc login -u {ocUserName} -p {ocPassword} --server {OCUrl}')
 	if ret.returncode != 0:
 		logging.error('\u001B[1m OC Cluster Login Failed\u001B[0m')
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class Cluster:
 		if self.testSvrId == None: self.testSvrId = self.eNBIPAddress
 		if self.imageToPull == '':
 			HELP.GenericHelp(CONST.Version)
-			sys.exit('Insufficient Parameter')
+			raise ValueError('Insufficient Parameter')
 		logging.debug(f'Pull OC image {self.imageToPull} to server {self.testSvrId}')
 		self.testCase_id = HTML.testCase_id
 		cmd = cls_cmd.getConnection(self.testSvrId)
@@ -282,19 +282,19 @@ class Cluster:
 	def BuildClusterImage(self, HTML):
 		if self.ranRepository == '' or self.ranBranch == '' or self.ranCommitID == '':
 			HELP.GenericHelp(CONST.Version)
-			sys.exit(f'Insufficient Parameter: ranRepository {self.ranRepository} ranBranch {ranBranch} ranCommitID {self.ranCommitID}')
+			raise ValueError(f'Insufficient Parameter: ranRepository {self.ranRepository} ranBranch {ranBranch} ranCommitID {self.ranCommitID}')
 		lIpAddr = self.eNBIPAddress
 		lSourcePath = self.eNBSourceCodePath
 		if lIpAddr == '' or lSourcePath == '':
-			sys.exit('Insufficient Parameter: eNBSourceCodePath missing')
+			raise ValueError('Insufficient Parameter: eNBSourceCodePath missing')
 		ocUserName = self.OCUserName
 		ocPassword = self.OCPassword
 		ocProjectName = self.OCProjectName
 		if ocUserName == '' or ocPassword == '' or ocProjectName == '':
 			HELP.GenericHelp(CONST.Version)
-			sys.exit('Insufficient Parameter: no OC Credentials')
+			raise ValueError('Insufficient Parameter: no OC Credentials')
 		if self.OCRegistry.startswith("http") or self.OCRegistry.endswith("/"):
-			sys.exit(f'ocRegistry {self.OCRegistry} should not start with http:// or https:// and not end on a slash /')
+			raise ValueError(f'ocRegistry {self.OCRegistry} should not start with http:// or https:// and not end on a slash /')
 
 		logging.debug(f'Building on cluster triggered from server: {lIpAddr}')
 		self.cmd = cls_cmd.RemoteCmd(lIpAddr)
diff --git a/ci-scripts/cls_cmd.py b/ci-scripts/cls_cmd.py
index f0fe2950f89e8e079e22b77a6230f06839ccf295..8784b708318079ed999ec3db62be7975f2fe93d6 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/cls_cmd.py
+++ b/ci-scripts/cls_cmd.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import subprocess as sp
 import os
 import paramiko
 import uuid
-import sys
 import time
 
 SSHTIMEOUT=7
diff --git a/ci-scripts/cls_containerize.py b/ci-scripts/cls_containerize.py
index 7b9956174eabd37d44454b5a570c3202badba303..5a3408250a5a9c9ab25e84a8f0fe12a6ea6a1dd2 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/cls_containerize.py
+++ b/ci-scripts/cls_containerize.py
@@ -36,18 +36,12 @@ import re	       # reg
 import logging
 import os
 import shutil
-import subprocess
 import time
-import pyshark
-import threading
-import cls_cmd
-from multiprocessing import Process, Lock, SimpleQueue
 from zipfile import ZipFile
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------
 # OAI Testing modules
 #-----------------------------------------------------------
-import cls_cluster as OC
 import cls_cmd
 import sshconnection as SSH
 import helpreadme as HELP
diff --git a/ci-scripts/cls_module.py b/ci-scripts/cls_module.py
index f5539606a4cf26835d8b8be08ca21d51ea252c4d..731dd5776afc61cfa2824ba6244a467179db775e 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/cls_module.py
+++ b/ci-scripts/cls_module.py
@@ -25,14 +25,10 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #to use isfile
-import os
-import sys
 import logging
 #time.sleep
 import time
 import re
-import subprocess
-from datetime import datetime
 import yaml
 
 import cls_cmd
@@ -208,13 +204,6 @@ class Module_UE:
 
 	def _enableTrace(self):
 		raise Exception("not implemented")
-		mySSH = sshconnection.SSHConnection()
-		mySSH.open(self.HostIPAddress, self.HostUsername, self.HostPassword)
-		#delete old artifacts
-		mySSH.command('echo ' + ' '  + ' | sudo -S rm -rf ci_qlog','\$',5)
-		#start Trace, artifact is created in home dir
-		mySSH.command('echo $USER; nohup sudo -E QLog/QLog -s ci_qlog -f NR5G.cfg > /dev/null 2>&1 &','\$', 5)
-		mySSH.close()
 
 	def _disableTrace(self):
 		raise Exception("not implemented")
diff --git a/ci-scripts/cls_oai_html.py b/ci-scripts/cls_oai_html.py
index 93176d1375228d623320215f2d15b507d308ed31..b2efcc66b7cdf06966aca7516be362a22dafcca6 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/cls_oai_html.py
+++ b/ci-scripts/cls_oai_html.py
@@ -31,14 +31,12 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------
 # Import
 #-----------------------------------------------------------
-import sys              # arg
 import re               # reg
 import fileinput
 import logging
 import os
 import time
 import subprocess
-from multiprocessing import Process, Lock, SimpleQueue
 
 import constants as CONST
 
diff --git a/ci-scripts/cls_oaicitest.py b/ci-scripts/cls_oaicitest.py
index 1729a45620e8fdb62e0f213bf2f00f05765c4b43..f286aa9558071218b5f52b94dcd29f070b0672f6 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/cls_oaicitest.py
+++ b/ci-scripts/cls_oaicitest.py
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------
 import sys		# arg
 import re		# reg
-import pexpect	# pexpect
 import time		# sleep
 import os
 import logging
@@ -44,16 +43,11 @@ import json
 #import our libs
 import helpreadme as HELP
 import constants as CONST
-import cls_cluster as OC
 import sshconnection
 
 import cls_module
 import cls_cmd
 
-logging.getLogger("matplotlib").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-import numpy as np
-
 #-----------------------------------------------------------
 # Helper functions used here and in other classes
 #-----------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/ci-scripts/cls_physim.py b/ci-scripts/cls_physim.py
index 7d4dd7d33a6baf70a6bb0e3448019c688dbeed42..ccdd34e9a9c0d23fb277fd2d886a2fe1c126f952 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/cls_physim.py
+++ b/ci-scripts/cls_physim.py
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import sshconnection
 #to update the HTML object
 import cls_oai_html
 import cls_cmd
-from multiprocessing import SimpleQueue
 #for log folder maintenance
 import os
 import re
diff --git a/ci-scripts/cls_static_code_analysis.py b/ci-scripts/cls_static_code_analysis.py
index ed5867c4cbdc1496ad6c51e378320d9ea4d2b1fa..f2951b052877159d123ad25626fcd40897c4bb78 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/cls_static_code_analysis.py
+++ b/ci-scripts/cls_static_code_analysis.py
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ import re               # reg
 import logging
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
-import time
-from multiprocessing import Process, Lock, SimpleQueue
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------
 # OAI Testing modules
diff --git a/ci-scripts/epc.py b/ci-scripts/epc.py
index 97d1f1a8cb85e0b98a7b064ae08943b322a3a48b..e025c514d94626b25d2749879ef50b33e9ddb222 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/epc.py
+++ b/ci-scripts/epc.py
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ import os
 import time
 import signal
 
-from multiprocessing import Process, Lock, SimpleQueue
-
 #-----------------------------------------------------------
 # OAI Testing modules
 #-----------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/ci-scripts/main.py b/ci-scripts/main.py
index 0886f4f9fad615d056fcc257dc51c30aafdf8cb0..3904ac908dd9c8d170774439bd1900da2d805dcc 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/main.py
+++ b/ci-scripts/main.py
@@ -57,17 +57,13 @@ import cls_oai_html
 #-----------------------------------------------------------
 import sys		# arg
 import re		# reg
-import pexpect	# pexpect
 import time		# sleep
 import os
 import subprocess
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 import logging
-import datetime
 import signal
-import subprocess
 import traceback
-from multiprocessing import Process, Lock, SimpleQueue
 logging.basicConfig(
 	level=logging.DEBUG,
 	stream=sys.stdout,
@@ -161,8 +157,6 @@ def ExecuteActionWithParam(action):
 			success = CONTAINERS.BuildRunTests(HTML)
 
 	elif action == 'Initialize_eNB':
-		RAN.eNB_Trace=test.findtext('eNB_Trace')
-		RAN.eNB_Stats=test.findtext('eNB_Stats')
 		datalog_rt_stats_file=test.findtext('rt_stats_cfg')
 		if datalog_rt_stats_file is None:
 			RAN.datalog_rt_stats_file='datalog_rt_stats.default.yaml'
diff --git a/ci-scripts/provideUniqueImageTag.py b/ci-scripts/provideUniqueImageTag.py
index 88d51ca6f88903aa0c69d6057352ba11f52949ab..01b3e25f8f8f7abc0701d484c23a120a6494cf8c 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/provideUniqueImageTag.py
+++ b/ci-scripts/provideUniqueImageTag.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import argparse
-import os
 import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
diff --git a/ci-scripts/ran.py b/ci-scripts/ran.py
index 4c56c5e8ac80eb33034e581db959b93b70644e10..96ec6306e9bb67be628a7466450ca835d54eef57 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/ran.py
+++ b/ci-scripts/ran.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import re               # reg
 import logging
 import os
 import time
-from multiprocessing import Process, Lock, SimpleQueue
 import yaml
 import cls_cmd
 
@@ -90,8 +89,6 @@ class RANManagement():
 		self.runtime_stats= ''
 		self.datalog_rt_stats={}
 		self.datalog_rt_stats_file='datalog_rt_stats.default.yaml'
-		self.eNB_Trace = '' #if 'yes', Tshark will be launched at initialization
-		self.eNB_Stats = '' #if 'yes', Statistics Monitor will be launched at initialization		
 		self.USRPIPAddress = ''
 		#checkers from xml
 		self.ran_checkers={}
@@ -130,23 +127,6 @@ class RANManagement():
 		mySSH = SSH.SSHConnection()
 		cwd = os.getcwd()
 		
-		#Get pcap on enb and/or gnb if enabled in the xml 
-		if self.eNB_Trace=='yes':
-			if self.air_interface[self.eNB_instance] == 'lte-softmodem':
-				pcapfile_prefix="enb_"
-			else:
-				pcapfile_prefix="gnb_"
-			mySSH.open(lIpAddr, lUserName, lPassWord)
-			eth_interface = 'any'
-			fltr = 'sctp'
-			logging.debug('\u001B[1m Launching tshark on xNB on interface ' + eth_interface + ' with filter "' + fltr + '"\u001B[0m')
-			pcapfile = pcapfile_prefix + self.testCase_id + '_log.pcap'
-			mySSH.command('echo ' + lPassWord + ' | sudo -S rm -f /tmp/' + pcapfile , '\$', 5)
-			mySSH.command('echo $USER; nohup sudo -E tshark  -i ' + eth_interface + ' -f "' + fltr + '" -w /tmp/' + pcapfile + ' > /dev/null 2>&1 &','\$', 5)
-			mySSH.close()
-			
-
-
 		# If tracer options is on, running tshark on EPC side and capture traffic b/ EPC and eNB
 		if EPC.IPAddress != "none":
 			localEpcIpAddr = EPC.IPAddress
@@ -227,19 +207,6 @@ class RANManagement():
 		mySSH.command('echo ' + lPassWord + ' | sudo -S rm -Rf enb_' + self.testCase_id + '.log', '\$', 5)
 		mySSH.command('echo $USER; nohup sudo -E stdbuf -o0 ./my-lte-softmodem-run' + str(self.eNB_instance) + '.sh > ' + lSourcePath + '/cmake_targets/enb_' + self.testCase_id + '.log 2>&1 &', lUserName, 10)
 
-
-		#stats monitoring during runtime
-		time.sleep(20)
-		monitor_file='../ci-scripts/stats_monitor.py'
-		conf_file='../ci-scripts/stats_monitor_conf.yaml'
-		if self.eNB_Stats=='yes':
-			if self.air_interface[self.eNB_instance] == 'lte-softmodem':
-				mySSH.command('echo $USER; nohup python3 ' + monitor_file + ' ' + conf_file + ' ' + self.testCase_id + ' enb 2>&1 > enb_stats_monitor_execution.log &', '\$', 5)
-			else:
-				mySSH.command('echo $USER; nohup python3 ' + monitor_file + ' ' + conf_file + ' ' + self.testCase_id + ' gnb 2>&1 > gnb_stats_monitor_execution.log &', '\$', 5)
-
-
-
 		self.eNBLogFiles[int(self.eNB_instance)] = 'enb_' + self.testCase_id + '.log'
 		if extra_options != '':
 			self.eNBOptions[int(self.eNB_instance)] = extra_options
@@ -453,9 +420,6 @@ class RANManagement():
 					#debug / tentative
 					mySSH.copyout(self.eNBIPAddress, self.eNBUserName, self.eNBPassword, './nrL1_stats.log', self.eNBSourceCodePath + '/cmake_targets/')
 					mySSH.copyout(self.eNBIPAddress, self.eNBUserName, self.eNBPassword, './nrMAC_stats.log', self.eNBSourceCodePath + '/cmake_targets/')
-					mySSH.copyout(self.eNBIPAddress, self.eNBUserName, self.eNBPassword, './gnb_stats_monitor.pickle', self.eNBSourceCodePath + '/cmake_targets/')
-					mySSH.copyout(self.eNBIPAddress, self.eNBUserName, self.eNBPassword, './gnb_stats_monitor.png', self.eNBSourceCodePath + '/cmake_targets/')
-					#
 					mySSH.copyout(self.eNBIPAddress, self.eNBUserName, self.eNBPassword, './' + fileToAnalyze, self.eNBSourceCodePath + '/cmake_targets/')
 				logging.debug('\u001B[1m Analyzing ' + nodeB_prefix + 'NB logfile \u001B[0m ' + fileToAnalyze)
 				logStatus = self.AnalyzeLogFile_eNB(fileToAnalyze, HTML, self.ran_checkers)
diff --git a/ci-scripts/stats_monitor.py b/ci-scripts/stats_monitor.py
deleted file mode 100755
index d7cad7ae554b7aa427030c569b3bf3ac31db79af..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/ci-scripts/stats_monitor.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,139 +0,0 @@
-"""
-To create graphs and pickle from runtime statistics in L1,MAC,RRC,PDCP files
-"""
-
-import subprocess
-import time
-import shlex
-import re
-import sys
-import pickle
-import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-import numpy as np
-import yaml
-import os
-
-
-class StatMonitor():
-    def __init__(self,cfg_file):
-        with open(cfg_file,'r') as file:
-            self.d = yaml.load(file)
-        for node in self.d:#so far we have enb or gnb as nodes
-            for metric_l1 in self.d[node]: #first level of metric keys
-                if metric_l1!="graph": #graph is a reserved word to configure graph paging, so it is disregarded
-                    if self.d[node][metric_l1] is None:#first level is None -> create array
-                        self.d[node][metric_l1]=[]
-                    else: #first level is not None -> there is a second level -> create array
-                        for metric_l2 in self.d[node][metric_l1]:
-                            self.d[node][metric_l1][metric_l2]=[]                
-
-
-
-    def process_gnb (self,node_type,output):
-        for line in output:
-            tmp=line.decode("utf-8")
-            result=re.match(r'^.*\bdlsch_rounds\b ([0-9]+)\/([0-9]+).*\bdlsch_errors\b ([0-9]+)',tmp)
-            if result is not None:
-                self.d[node_type]['dlsch_err'].append(int(result.group(3)))
-                percentage=float(result.group(2))/float(result.group(1))
-                self.d[node_type]['dlsch_err_perc_round_1'].append(percentage)
-            result=re.match(r'^.*\bulsch_rounds\b ([0-9]+)\/([0-9]+).*\bulsch_errors\b ([0-9]+)',tmp)
-            if result is not None:
-                self.d[node_type]['ulsch_err'].append(int(result.group(3)))
-                percentage=float(result.group(2))/float(result.group(1))
-                self.d[node_type]['ulsch_err_perc_round_1'].append(percentage)
-
-            for k in self.d[node_type]['rt']:
-                result=re.match(rf'^.*\b{k}\b:\s+([0-9\.]+) us;\s+([0-9]+);\s+([0-9\.]+) us;',tmp)
-                if result is not None:
-                    self.d[node_type]['rt'][k].append(float(result.group(3)))
-
-
-    def process_enb (self,node_type,output):
-        for line in output:
-            tmp=line.decode("utf-8")
-            result=re.match(r'^.*\bPHR\b ([0-9]+).+\bbler\b ([0-9]+\.[0-9]+).+\bmcsoff\b ([0-9]+).+\bmcs\b ([0-9]+)',tmp)
-            if result is not None:
-                self.d[node_type]['PHR'].append(int(result.group(1)))
-                self.d[node_type]['bler'].append(float(result.group(2)))
-                self.d[node_type]['mcsoff'].append(int(result.group(3)))
-                self.d[node_type]['mcs'].append(int(result.group(4)))
-
-
-    def collect(self,testcase_id,node_type):
-        if node_type=='enb':
-            files = ["L1_stats.log", "MAC_stats.log", "PDCP_stats.log", "RRC_stats.log"]
-        else: #'gnb'
-            files = ["nrL1_stats.log", "nrMAC_stats.log", "nrPDCP_stats.log", "nrRRC_stats.log"]
-        #append each file's contents to another file (prepended with CI-) for debug
-        for f in files:
-            if os.path.isfile(f):
-                cmd = 'cat '+ f + ' >> CI-'+testcase_id+'-'+f
-                subprocess.Popen(cmd,shell=True)  
-        #join the files for further processing
-        cmd='cat '
-        for f in files:
-            if os.path.isfile(f):
-                cmd += f+' '
-        process=subprocess.Popen(shlex.split(cmd), stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-        output = process.stdout.readlines()
-        if node_type=='enb':
-            self.process_enb(node_type,output)
-        else: #'gnb'
-            self.process_gnb(node_type,output)
-
-
-    def graph(self,testcase_id, node_type):
-        for page in self.d[node_type]['graph']:#work out a set a graphs per page
-            col = 1
-            figure, axis = plt.subplots(len(self.d[node_type]['graph'][page]), col ,figsize=(10, 10))
-            i=0
-            for m in self.d[node_type]['graph'][page]:#metric may refer to 1 level or 2 levels 
-                metric_path=m.split('.')
-                if len(metric_path)==1:#1 level
-                    metric_l1=metric_path[0]
-                    major_ticks = np.arange(0, len(self.d[node_type][metric_l1])+1, 1)
-                    axis[i].set_xticks(major_ticks)
-                    axis[i].set_xticklabels([])
-                    axis[i].plot(self.d[node_type][metric_l1],marker='o')
-                    axis[i].set_xlabel('time')
-                    axis[i].set_ylabel(metric_l1)
-                    axis[i].set_title(metric_l1)
-                    
-                else:#2 levels
-                    metric_l1=metric_path[0]
-                    metric_l2=metric_path[1]
-                    major_ticks = np.arange(0, len(self.d[node_type][metric_l1][metric_l2])+1, 1)
-                    axis[i].set_xticks(major_ticks)
-                    axis[i].set_xticklabels([])
-                    axis[i].plot(self.d[node_type][metric_l1][metric_l2],marker='o')
-                    axis[i].set_xlabel('time')
-                    axis[i].set_ylabel(metric_l2)
-                    axis[i].set_title(metric_l2)
-                i+=1                
-
-            plt.tight_layout()
-            #save as png
-            plt.savefig(node_type+'_stats_monitor_'+testcase_id+'_'+page+'.png')
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-
-    cfg_filename = sys.argv[1] #yaml file as metrics config
-    testcase_id = sys.argv[2] #test case id to name files accordingly, especially if we have several tests in a sequence
-    node = sys.argv[3]#enb or gnb
-    mon=StatMonitor(cfg_filename)
-
-    #collecting stats when modem process is stopped
-    CMD='ps aux | grep modem | grep -v grep'
-    process=subprocess.Popen(CMD, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-    output = process.stdout.readlines()
-    while len(output)!=0 :
-        mon.collect(testcase_id,node)
-        process=subprocess.Popen(CMD, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-        output = process.stdout.readlines()
-        time.sleep(1)
-    print('Process stopped')
-    with open(node+'_stats_monitor.pickle', 'wb') as handle:
-        pickle.dump(mon.d, handle, protocol=pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)
-    mon.graph(testcase_id, node)
diff --git a/ci-scripts/xml_files/fr1_nsa_2x2_quectel.xml b/ci-scripts/xml_files/fr1_nsa_2x2_quectel.xml
index 3efff2f0c7a00dfe74129c93e923a8c7675cbdfd..4cf897358147a54df4062a599a0b5ffe2a466c77 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/xml_files/fr1_nsa_2x2_quectel.xml
+++ b/ci-scripts/xml_files/fr1_nsa_2x2_quectel.xml
@@ -107,8 +107,6 @@
 		<eNB_instance>0</eNB_instance>
 		<eNB_serverId>0</eNB_serverId>
 		<air_interface>lte</air_interface>
-		<eNB_Trace>yes</eNB_Trace>
-		<eNB_Stats>yes</eNB_Stats>
 		<USRP_IPAddress>172.21.19.13</USRP_IPAddress>
 	</testCase>
 
@@ -120,7 +118,6 @@
 		<eNB_instance>1</eNB_instance>
 		<eNB_serverId>1</eNB_serverId>
 		<air_interface>nr</air_interface>
-		<eNB_Stats>yes</eNB_Stats>
 		<rt_stats_cfg>datalog_rt_stats.2x2.yaml</rt_stats_cfg>
 		<USRP_IPAddress>172.21.19.14</USRP_IPAddress>
 	</testCase>
diff --git a/ci-scripts/xml_files/fr1_nsa_2x2_quectel_attach_detach.xml b/ci-scripts/xml_files/fr1_nsa_2x2_quectel_attach_detach.xml
index 170bb6443b57d6fa4e6df1ed3a4d9b589b14c656..2aadb391bc9663cc8c5df363927a75403ea97ca1 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/xml_files/fr1_nsa_2x2_quectel_attach_detach.xml
+++ b/ci-scripts/xml_files/fr1_nsa_2x2_quectel_attach_detach.xml
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@
 		<eNB_instance>0</eNB_instance>
 		<eNB_serverId>0</eNB_serverId>
 		<air_interface>lte</air_interface>
-		<eNB_Trace>yes</eNB_Trace>
-		<eNB_Stats>yes</eNB_Stats>
 		<USRP_IPAddress>172.21.19.13</USRP_IPAddress>
 	</testCase>
 
@@ -124,7 +122,6 @@
 		<eNB_instance>1</eNB_instance>
 		<eNB_serverId>1</eNB_serverId>
 		<air_interface>nr</air_interface>
-		<eNB_Stats>yes</eNB_Stats>
 		<rt_stats_cfg>datalog_rt_stats.2x2.yaml</rt_stats_cfg>
 		<USRP_IPAddress>172.21.19.14</USRP_IPAddress>
 	</testCase>
diff --git a/ci-scripts/xml_files/fr1_nsa_quectel.xml b/ci-scripts/xml_files/fr1_nsa_quectel.xml
index 755f3ad96982b3171572453ebcbd51ce7f033a18..7f824010d9395783d19421a1cd00e6e2fdb2aa70 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/xml_files/fr1_nsa_quectel.xml
+++ b/ci-scripts/xml_files/fr1_nsa_quectel.xml
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@
 		<eNB_instance>0</eNB_instance>
 		<eNB_serverId>0</eNB_serverId>
 		<air_interface>lte</air_interface>
-		<eNB_Trace>yes</eNB_Trace>
 	</testCase>
 
 	<testCase id="040000">
diff --git a/ci-scripts/xml_files/fr1_nsa_quectel_attach_detach.xml b/ci-scripts/xml_files/fr1_nsa_quectel_attach_detach.xml
index 66bcf54be283919f1ce5a26f46e68a667a6b55bd..faa365a1054890ed10cb72106c474b9d8f6cbc25 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/xml_files/fr1_nsa_quectel_attach_detach.xml
+++ b/ci-scripts/xml_files/fr1_nsa_quectel_attach_detach.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
 		<eNB_instance>0</eNB_instance>
 		<eNB_serverId>0</eNB_serverId>
 		<air_interface>lte</air_interface>
-		<eNB_Trace>yes</eNB_Trace>
 	</testCase>
 
 
diff --git a/ci-scripts/xml_files/fr1_nsa_quectel_long.xml b/ci-scripts/xml_files/fr1_nsa_quectel_long.xml
index aebf6bf6688622490ef1316ae8bd0ab32bcb6992..7687363d7838ff5f96c0513712f68af112fc2762 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/xml_files/fr1_nsa_quectel_long.xml
+++ b/ci-scripts/xml_files/fr1_nsa_quectel_long.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@
 		<eNB_instance>0</eNB_instance>
 		<eNB_serverId>0</eNB_serverId>
 		<air_interface>lte</air_interface>
-		<eNB_Trace>yes</eNB_Trace>
 	</testCase>