diff --git a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/routing/RemoteRoundRobinSpec.scala b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/routing/RemoteRoundRobinSpec.scala
index c4e14ed96c..5af1045cbb 100644
--- a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/routing/RemoteRoundRobinSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/routing/RemoteRoundRobinSpec.scala
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ class RemoteRoundRobinConfig(artery: Boolean) extends MultiNodeConfig {
 
   commonConfig(debugConfig(on = false).withFallback(
     ConfigFactory.parseString(s"""
-      akka.loglevel = DEBUG
       akka.remote.artery.enabled = $artery
       """)).withFallback(RemotingMultiNodeSpec.commonConfig))
 
diff --git a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/routing/RemoteScatterGatherSpec.scala b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/routing/RemoteScatterGatherSpec.scala
index 5f55c7b545..88783ad548 100644
--- a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/routing/RemoteScatterGatherSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/routing/RemoteScatterGatherSpec.scala
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ class RemoteScatterGatherSpec(multiNodeConfig: RemoteScatterGatherConfig) extend
         val connectionCount = 3
         val iterationCount = 10
 
+        // let them start
+        Thread.sleep(2000)
+
         for (i ← 0 until iterationCount; k ← 0 until connectionCount) {
           actor ! "hit"
         }
@@ -104,7 +107,7 @@ class RemoteScatterGatherSpec(multiNodeConfig: RemoteScatterGatherConfig) extend
         enterBarrier("done")
       }
 
-      enterBarrier("done")
+      enterBarrier("all-done")
     }
   }
 }